Amos 9:10

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sinners	חַטָּאֵ֣י cha.ta.'Ei	H2400	a criminal · adjective, masculine plural construct
people	עַמִּ֑י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
die	יָמ֔וּתוּ ya.Mu.tu	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
sword	בַּחֶ֣רֶב ba.Che.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
say	הָאֹמְרִ֗ים ha.'o.me.Rim	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
evil	הָרָעָֽה ha.ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
overtake	תַגִּ֧ישׁ ta.Gish	H5066	to be or come (causatively · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
prevent	וְתַקְדִּ֛ים ve.tak.Dim	H6923	to project (one self) · conjunction + verb, hiphil, 2nd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Amos 6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us sh…
Matthew 13:49-50 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Psalms 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Isaiah 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, tha…
Isaiah 28:14-15 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abunda…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1-10

We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe, I. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the altar (Amo 9:1), the altar of burnt-offerings; for the Lord has a sacrifice, and multitudes must fall as victims to his justice. He is removed from the mercy-seat between the cherubim, and stands upon the altar, the judgment-seat, on which the fire of God used to fall, to devour the sacrifices. He stands upon the altar, to show that the ground of his controversy with this people was their profanation of his holy things; here he stands to avenge the quarrel of his altar, as also to signify that the sin of the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 9:10

All the sinners--answering to the chaff in the image in Amo 9:9, which falls on the earth, in opposition "to the grain" that does not "fall." overtake . . . us--"come on us from behind" [MAURER].

Adam Clarke on Amos 9:10

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.

John Gill on Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,.... By the sword of the Assyrians, and of others, into whose countries they shall flee for shelter, Amos 9:1; even all such who are notorious sinners, abandoned to their lusts, obstinate and incorrigible; live in sin, and continue therein; repent not of sin, disbelieve the prophets of the Lord, and defy his threatenings, and put away the evil day far from them: which say, the evil shall not overtake nor prevent us; the evil threatened by the prophet, the sword of the enemy, the desolation of their land, and captivity in a foreign land; these evils, if they came at all, which they gave little credit to, yet would not in their days; they wo…

Dictionary and topics

Blindness · 21:14;22:13,14; — 21:14;22:13,14;
Confidence · FALSE — FALSE
Security · .Ruin will overtake it — .Ruin will overtake it

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Amos 9:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 9:10

Adam Clarke on Amos 9:10

John Gill on Amos 9:10

Dictionary and topics

Amos 9:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 9:10

Adam Clarke on Amos 9:10

John Gill on Amos 9:10

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Amos 9:10

Keil & Delitzsch on Amos 9:8-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Amos 9:9-10

Rashi on Amos 9:10