Amos 2:14-16

A disaster, in which neither the swiftest nor the best equipped warrior will be able to escape, brings the kingdom of Israel to its end.

Therefore simply And (as R.V.).

the flight shall perish from the swift rather place of flight, refuge; for perish fromwe should say fail(R.V. marg.). The idiom used occurs elsewhere, viz. Jeremiah 25:35; Job 11:20 (see R.V. marg.); Psalms 142:4 (A.V. "refuge failed me").

the strong shall not strengthen his force i.e. not collect his powers; he will be unmanned in presence of the foe.

the mighty or the warrior. The word means specifically one mighty in war: see Isaiah 3:2; Jeremiah 46:6; Jeremiah 46:12; Isaiah 42:13; Nahum 2:4 (noticing in each case the context): in the plural it is the term used to denote David's select band of warriors, 2 Samuel 16:6; 2 Samuel 23:8, &c.