10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, all those who say, 'Disaster will not overtake or meet us.'
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.'
10 but all the sinners will be sifted out and thrown away, the people who say, 'Nothing bad will ever happen in our lifetime. It won't even come close.' Blessings Like Wine Pouring off the Mountains
10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, 'The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.'
10 But all the sinners will die by the sword- all those who say, 'Nothing bad will happen to us.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Amos 9:10
Commentary on Amos 9:1-10
(Read Amos 9:1-10)
The prophet, in vision, saw the Lord standing upon the idolatrous altar at Bethel. Wherever sinners flee from God's justice, it will overtake them. Those whom God brings to heaven by his grace, shall never be cast down; but those who seek to climb thither by vain confidence in themselves, will be cast down and filled with shame. That which makes escape impossible and ruin sure, is, that God will set his eyes upon them for evil, not for good. Wretched must those be on whom the Lord looks for evil, and not for good. The Lord would scatter the Jews, and visit them with calamities, as the corn is shaken in a sieve; but he would save some from among them. The astonishing preservation of the Jews as a distinct people, seems here foretold. If professors make themselves like the world, God will level them with the world. The sinners who thus flatter themselves, shall find that their profession will not protect them.