Amos 9:10
in Amos 9All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.
KJV
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
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This verse in Amos 9
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verses 9, 10.) Behold, I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will fall to the ground. All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, those who say: 'No disaster will come near or overtake us.' LXX: For behold, I will command and sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as one sifts with a sieve, and no fragment shall fall to the ground.
This site's exposition
the sinful kingdom
on Amos 9:8-10
The eyes of the Lord are upon the sinful kingdom to destroy it, yet saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob draws the line the whole book has been driving toward, judgment on the kingdom as a political and religious order without the extinction of the people as such. The sifting among all nations like corn in a sieve, yet not the least grain falling upon the earth, is read by the bench as the same distinction in agricultural picture, a scattering that loses no true grain even while the sinners who deny the evil will overtake them die by the sword.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The promise here is said to agree to the planting of the Christian church, and in that to be fulfilled, Acts xv. That in the Messiah the kingdom of David shall be restored (
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All the sinners - The great, notorious sinners. The evil - Is far off, we shall die first, and be safe in the grave.
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
All 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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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].
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
All 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, if they fall into the depth of sin.” Which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us - Their security was the cause of their destruction. They perished the more miserably, being buoyed up by the false confidence that they should not perish. So it was in both destructions of Jerusalem. Of the first, Jeremiah says to the false prophet Hananiah, “Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron” Jer 28:13; and to Zedekiah, “Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. But if thou refuse to go forth - thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt burn this city with fire” (Jer 38:20, Jer 38:23; add Jer 27:9-10, Jer 27:19). At the second, while thee Christians (mindful of our Lord’s words) fled to Pella, the Jews were, to the last, encouraged by their false prophets to resist. […]
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
“The evil shall not soon come upon us.” —Because of our iniquities, the evil shall not hasten to approach and to come.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
On that day —And, after all these will befall him, that day will come, the day destined for the redemption, and thereon.. I will raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David — Jonathan renders: the kingdom of the house of David.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּחֶ֣רֶב | bacherev | by the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| יָמ֔וּתוּ | yamutu | they will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַטָּאֵ֣י | chataei | [the] sinners of | H2400 → | |
| עַמִּ֑י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָאֹמְרִ֗ים | haomerim | who say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַגִּ֧ישׁ | tagish | it will bring near | H5066 → | 125 times |
| וְתַקְדִּ֛ים | vetakdim | and it may meet | H6923 → | |
| בַּעֲדֵ֖ינוּ | baadeinu | through us | H1157 → | |
| הָרָעָֽה׃ | haraah | the calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
בַּחֶ֣רֶבby the sword
bacherevH2719 →413 times
יָמ֔וּתוּthey will die
yamutuH4191 →839 times
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
חַטָּאֵ֣י[the] sinners of
chataeiH2400 →
עַמִּ֑יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
הָאֹמְרִ֗יםwho say
haomerimH559 →5305 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תַגִּ֧ישׁit will bring near
tagishH5066 →125 times
וְתַקְדִּ֛יםand it may meet
vetakdimH6923 →
בַּעֲדֵ֖ינוּthrough us
baadeinuH1157 →
הָרָעָֽה׃the calamity
haraahH7451 →662 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
it leads to
- James 5:5
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
- Isaiah 32:9–11
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Luke 12:17–20
So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
- Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
- James 5:5
Through
Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
it leads to
- Hebrews 12:29
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
- Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Isaiah 66:24
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a…
- Hebrews 12:29
Through
Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 12:27
“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
- Ezekiel 12:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Amos; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.