Amos 9:10

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Summary

Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

The sinners

The evil

General references

Ezekiel 20:34

Bible References

The sinners

The sinners in Zion trembled; trembling seized the profane. Who to us shall sojourn with devouring fire? who to us with everlasting burning?

And I separated from you the rebellious and those transgressing against me: I will bring them forth from the land of their sojournings, and to the land of Israel they shall not come in: and ye knew that I am Jehovah.

The lost I will seek out, and the thrust away I will turn back, and to the broken I will bind up, and the diseased I will strengthen: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them with judgment

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doing which thou didst transgress against me: for then will I remove from the midst of thee those exulting in thy pride, and thou shalt no more add to be elevated in my holy mountain.

And it was in all the land, says Jehovah, two parts in it shall be cut off, they shall expire; and the third shall be left in it

And who enduring the day of his coming? and who standing in his being seen? for he is as the fire of the crucible, as the alkali of the fuller.

For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.

And now also the axe lies at the root of the trees; therefore every one not making good fruit is cut off and cast into fire.

The Son of man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and those doing iniquity;

The evil

Wo! to those living at ease in Zion, and trusting in the mountain of Shomeron, being distinguished the chief of the nations, and to them the house of Israel came.

Saying in his heart, God forgat: he hid his face; not seeing forever.

Because a decree was not done quickly upon an evil work, for this the heart of the sons of man was filled in them to do evil.

Saying, He shall hasten, he shall urge on his work, so that we shall see: and the counsel of the holy one of Israel shall draw near and come and we shall know.

For this, hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye men of scorn, ruling this people which is in Jerusalem.

Come ye, I will take wine, and we will drink strong drink to excess; and the morrow being as this day, the remainder great exceedingly.

And they will say, Come, and we will purpose purposes against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, and counsel from the wise, and the word from the prophet Come, and we will strike him with the tongue, and we will not attend to any of his words.

And now we pronounce the proud happy; also they working injustice were built up; also they tried Jehovah and they will be delivered.

General references

And I brought you forth from the peoples, and I gathered you from the lands where ye were scattered in them, with a strong hand and with an arm stretched out, and with wrath panted out