amos 2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

amos 2:13 "Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

13. I am pressed under you--so CALVIN (Compare Isa 1:14). The Margin translates actively, "I will depress your place," that is, "I will make it narrow," a metaphor for afflicting a people; the opposite of enlarging, that is, relieving (Ps 4:1; Pr 4:12). MAURER translates, "I will press you down" (not as Margin, "your place"; so the Hebrew, Job 40:12; or Am 2:7 in Hebrew text). Amos, as a shepherd, appropriately draws his similes from rustic scenes.

amos 2:13 "Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

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