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

8Behold, the eyes of my Lord Adonai are on the sinful kingdom. So I will utterly destroy it from the face of the earth. Nevertheless, I will not annihilate the house of Jacob.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 9“For behold, I have commanded, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, like grain being tossed in a sieve, without a pebble falling to the ground. By the sword shall all the sinners of My people die, those who say: ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’ 11“In that day I will raise up David’s fallen sukkah. I will restore its breaches, raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in days of old 12—so they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations called by My Name.” It is a declaration of Adonai, the One who 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 33:14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live with everlasting burnings?”
• Ezekiel 20:38I will purge out the rebels from among you and those who transgress against Me. I will bring them out from the land where they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. So you will know that I am Adonai.
• Ezekiel 34:16“I will seek the lost, bring back the stray, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will tend them with justice.
• Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will not be ashamed because of all your deeds by which you rebelled against Me. For then I will remove from your midst your proud, arrogant ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
• Zechariah 13:8Then it will happen —it is a declaration of Adonai— that in the entire land 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? Or who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, and like soap for cleaning raw wool.
• Matthew 3:10Already the axe is laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire!
• Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks and those who practice lawlessness.
• Amos 6:1Oy ! You who are at ease in Zion, trusting in Samaria’s hill! Distinguished ones of the foremost of nations— to whom the house of Israel comes
• Psalms 10:11He says in his heart: “God has forgotten. He hides His face—He will never see it.”
• Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence against a crime is not swiftly carried out, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
• Isaiah 5:19They say: “Let Him hurry up and hasten His work, so we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so we may know it!”
• Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of Adonai, you scoffers, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem:
• Isaiah 56:12“Come, let’s get wine, let’s guzzle strong drink. Tomorrow will be like today, only even better!”
• Jeremiah 18:18Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of 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
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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