Amos 9:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Amos 9:10 —

Old words in this verse

prevent: — go before, come ahead of.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 6:3
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Matthew 3:10-12
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. …
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe, I. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the altar (Amos 9:1), the altar of burnt-offerings; for the Lord has a sacrifice, and multitudes must fall as victims to his justice. He is removed from the mercy-seat between the cherubim, and stands upon the altar,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10. All the sinners--answering to the chaff in the image in Am 9:9, which falls on the earth, in opposition “to the grain” that does not “fall.” overtake ... us--“come on us from behind” [Maurer].