Amos 9:10

Amos 9:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
• New International Version (NIV)All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, all those who say, ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’

Context of Amos 9:10

8Look, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, and I will obliterate it from the face of the earth. However, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob — this is the Lord’s declaration — 9for I am about to give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, as one shakes a sieve, but not a pebble will fall to the ground. All the sinners among my people who say, “Disaster will never overtake or confront us,” will die by the sword. 11In that day I will restore the fallen shelter of David: I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name — this is the declaration of the Lord; he will do this.

Amos 9:10 word by word

בַּחֶ֣רֶב יָמ֔וּתוּ כֹּ֖ל חַטָּאֵ֣י עַמִּ֑י הָאֹמְרִ֗ים לֹֽא־תַגִּ֧ישׁ וְתַקְדִּ֛ים בַּעֲדֵ֖ינוּ הָרָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the sinnersחַטָּאchaţţâ' · sinnerH2400
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• which sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• The evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• shall not overtakeנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: approachH5066
• nor preventקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923

Cross-references for Amos 9:10

• Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: “Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
• Ezekiel 20:38I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
• Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will not be put to shame because of everything you have done in rebelling against me. For then I will remove from among you your jubilant, arrogant people, and you will never again be haughty on my holy mountain.
• Zechariah 13:8In the whole land — this is the Lord’s declaration — two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
• Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s bleach.
• Malachi 4:1“For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Armies, “not leaving them root or branches.
• Matthew 3:10The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
• Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin and those guilty of lawlessness.
• Amos 6:1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria — the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.
• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; he hides his face and will never see.”
• Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit evil.
• Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let him hurry up and do his work quickly so that we can see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take place so that we can know it!”
• Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get some wine, let’s guzzle some beer; and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
• Jeremiah 18:18Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”

Commentaries on Amos 9:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10All the sinners of my people - Those who are the boldest and most incredulous; especially they who despise my warnings, and say the evil day shall not overtake nor prevent us; they shall die by the sword. It is no evidence of a man's safety that he is presumptuously fearless. There is a blessing to him who trembles at God's word.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10All the sinners of My people shall perish - At the last, when the longsuffering of God has been despised to the uttermost, His Providence is exact in His justice, as in His love. As not “one grain should fall to the earth,” so not one sinner should escape. Jerome: “Not because they sinned aforetime, but because they persevered in sin until death. The Aethiopians are changed into sons of God, if they repent; and the sons of God pass away into Aethiopians…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Even the Lord’s most severe judgment is just. God destroys only those who persist in sin. He does not lose a single faithful person. The Lord saves the righteous, who remain faithful to him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. All the sinners--answering to the chaff in the image in Am 9:9, which falls on the earth, in opposition "to the grain" that does not "fall." overtake ... us--"come on us from behind" [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 9:10

• Blindness
• Confidence
• Death
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Security
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Raise
• Prevent

Commentaries on Amos 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings