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Amos 6:9

Judgment

7 Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

10 And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

11 For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
WEB
It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
ASV
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
DARBY
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
BLB
And if ten men should remain in a single house, then It will come to pass [that] they also will die.
ÅB
Og om det er ti menn tilbake i ett hus, da skal de dø.
OTB
Og det skal skje, hvis ti menn blir igjen i ett hus, skal de dø.
B1930
Og om det er ti menn tilbake i ett hus, da skal de dø.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 5:3

    This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”

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  • Job 1:2

    He had seven sons and three daughters,

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  • Esther 5:11

    Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

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  • Psalms 109:13

    May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:33

    And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

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  • Job 20:28

    The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

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  • Esther 9:10

    They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

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  • Job 1:19

    when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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