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Amos 2:13

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Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
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  1. Isaiah 1:14Rank 1 from verse 13
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    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

  2. Ezekiel 16:43Rank 2 from verse 13
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    43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord God: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

  3. Ezekiel 6:9Rank 3 from verse 13
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    9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

  4. Isaiah 43:24Rank 4 from verse 13
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    24Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

  5. Isaiah 7:13Rank 5 from verse 13
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    13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

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Amos 2:13

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pressed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of press, meaning to push, crowd, compress, urge forward, pursue earnestly, or bear forcefully upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cart

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A wheeled carriage for bearing loads, ordinarily drawn by cattle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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

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2:14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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