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What does Amos 2:3 mean?

"and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh."

— Amos 2:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

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but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

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and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

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Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

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but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

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Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

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