Amos 9:10 (YLT)

Passage

By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, `Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.'

Nearby Context

Amos 9:8 Lo, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> on the sinful kingdom, And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, Only, I destroy not utterly the house of Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Amos 9:9 For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As <FI>one<Fi> doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain <FI>to<Fi> the earth.

Amos 9:10 By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, `Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.'

Amos 9:11 In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.

Amos 9:12 So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called, An affirmation of Jehovah--doer of this.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sword", "sinners", "people", "saying", "overtake", "before", "sakes", and "doth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sword" and "sinners", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For lo I am commanding And I..." into verse 11's "In that day I raise the tabernacle...", so "sword" and "sinners" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sword" and "sinners" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.