Catholic Public Domain Version
"Behold, I will creak under you, just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay. "
— Amos 2:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.”
“Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves. ”
“Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.”
“Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.”
“Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.”
“See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.”
“Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.”
It is I who caused you to ascend from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness for forty years, so that you might possess the land of the Amorite.
And I stirred up prophets from your sons, and Nazirites from your young men. Is it not so, sons of Israel, says the Lord?
Yet you would offer wine to the Nazirites, and you would command the prophets, saying: “Do not prophesy.”
Behold, I will creak under you, just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay.
And flight will perish from the swift, and the strong will not maintain his strength, and the healthy will not save his life.
And one holding the bow will not stand firm, and the swift of foot will not be saved, and the rider on the horse will not save his life.
And the stout of heart among the strong will flee away naked in that day, says the Lord.