Amos 2:15
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Cross-reference
Amos 9:1 echoes the same theme of inescapable judgment: those who flee or escape will still be caught, reinforcing the divine decree.
Psalm 33:16 directly parallels: 'The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.'
Psalm 33:17 continues: 'The war horse is a false hope for salvation' — identical theme to Amos's horseman not escaping.
Jeremiah 11:11 declares God brings disaster they cannot escape — directly mirroring Amos's assertion about the swift.
Jeremiah 46:6 says 'The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape' — nearly identical wording to Amos 2:14-15.
1 Kings 20:30 recounts fleeing soldiers crushed by a falling wall — a historical example of the futility of escape in judgment.
Jeremiah 48:44 depicts a chain of inescapable traps — fleeing to pit, then to snare — same theme as Amos's inability to escape.
Jeremiah 52:8 describes Zedekiah's failed flight from the Chaldeans — a historical illustration of the swift not escaping.