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Amos 9:4

Judgment

2 Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

3 Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”

5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—

6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

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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
Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
KJV
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
WEB
Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
ASV
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
DARBY
and though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
BLB
And if they go into captivity before the face of their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it will kill them; and I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good!”
ÅB
og om de føres i fangenskap av sine fiender, skal jeg der befale sverdet å slå dem ihjel; jeg skal la mitt øye hvile på dem, til det onde og ikke til det gode.
OTB
Selv om de blir ført i fangenskap av sine fiender,
Derfra vil jeg befale sverdet å føre dem til ende,
Og jeg vil vende mine øyne mot dem til ulykke og ikke til det gode.»
B1930
og om de føres i fangenskap av sine fiender, skal jeg der byde sverdet å slå dem ihjel; jeg skal la mitt øie hvile på dem, til det onde og ikke til det gode.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 26:33

    But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

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  • Jeremiah 21:10

    For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

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  • Jeremiah 44:11

    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.

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  • Ezekiel 5:12

    A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.

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  • Leviticus 17:10

    If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:63–65

    Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

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  • Jeremiah 39:16

    “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

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  • Jeremiah 24:6

    I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

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