Amos 2:3
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And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.

Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth

Jeremiah 48:7,25 For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go into captivity, his priests, and his princes together. . . .

Context
Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel
2And I will send a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet: 3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.4Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.…
Cross References
Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed.

Psalm 2:10
And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

Psalm 141:6
Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:

Isaiah 40:23
He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.

Amos 5:7
You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

Amos 5:12
Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.

Amos 6:12
For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.

Lexicon
I will cut off
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (wə·hiḵ·rat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

the ruler
שׁוֹפֵ֖ט (šō·w·p̄êṭ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

from its midst
מִקִּרְבָּ֑הּ (miq·qir·bāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7130: The nearest part, the center

and kill
אֶהֱר֥וֹג (’e·hĕ·rō·wḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the officials
שָׂרֶ֛יהָ (śā·re·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

with him,”
עִמּ֖וֹ (‘im·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

says
אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
I will cut off the ruler from its midst and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.And I will cut off the judge from the middle thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, said the LORD.

and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

And I will destroy the judge out of her, and slay all her princes with him, saith the Lord.

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it, and will slay all its princes with him, saith the LORD.

and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh.

And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.
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