Amos 6:9

9 And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.

Amos 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 6:9

And it shall come to pass
When the city is delivered up and taken: if there remain;
who are not carried captive, or destroyed by the sword: ten men in one house;
that is, many, a certain number for an uncertain: that they shall die;
either with famine, or by the pestilence, though they have escaped the other calamities; so general shall the destruction be, by one means or another.

Amos 6:9 In-Context

7 Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.

8 For the Lord has sworn by himself, , Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off city with all who inhabit it.

9 And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.

10 But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet else with thee?

11 And he shall say, No else. And shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.