Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 2:3
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Amos2:3
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof , and will slay all the princes thereof with him , saith the LORD .
By the sword of the enemy.
The Governour, i. e. every one of them; the singular being put for the plural, to intimate the destruction of all of them.
Either of Kirioth the Metropolis, or of every City in which were Judges appointed to govern, and minister Justice to the people; and these should be cut off in these Cities, and in the midst of their Government.
Either by Birth, or by Office, or by excellent endowments, the chief among the Moabitish people.
With the supream Governour before threatned, let. p.
Noting to us the certainty of the thing, the irrevocable sentence past upon Moab, its King, Princes and Judges, who being cut off, the people must needs perish, and come to nothing.
Marginal references: Num. 24.17.
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