Amós 9:4

4 Aunque vayan al destierro arriados por sus enemigos,allí ordenaré que los mate la espada.Para mal, y no para bien,fijaré en ellos mis ojos».

Amós 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 9:4

And though they go into captivity before their enemies
Alluding to the manner in which captives are led, being put before their enemies, and so carried in triumph; see ( Lamentations 1:5 ) ; though some think this refers to their going voluntarily into a foreign country, in order to escape danger, as Johanan the son of Kareah with the Jews went into Egypt, ( Jeremiah 43:5-7 ) ; in whom Kimchi instances: thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them;
or them that kill with the sword, as the Targum; so that though they thought by going into another country, or into an enemy's country of their own accord, to escape the sword of the enemy, or to curry favour with them, yet should not escape: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good:
this is the true reason, why, let them be where they will, they cannot be safe, because the eyes of the omniscient God, which are everywhere, in heaven, earth, hell, and the sea, are set upon them, for their ruin and destruction; and there is no fleeing from his presence, or getting out of his sight, or escaping his hand. The Targum is,

``my Word shall be against them.''

Amós 9:4 In-Context

2 Aunque se escondan en lo profundo del sepulcro,de allí los sacará mi mano.Aunque suban hasta el cielo,de allí los derribaré.

3 Aunque se oculten en la cumbre del Carmelo,allí los buscaré y los atraparé.Aunque de mí se escondan en el fondo del mar,allí ordenaré a la serpiente que los muerda.

4 Aunque vayan al destierro arriados por sus enemigos,allí ordenaré que los mate la espada.Para mal, y no para bien,fijaré en ellos mis ojos».

5 El SEÑOR omnipotente, el Todopoderoso,toca la tierra, y ella se desmorona.Sube y baja la tierracomo las aguas del Nilo, el río de Egipto,y se enlutan todos los que en ella viven.

6 Dios construye su excelso palacio en el cieloy pone su cimiento en la tierra,llama a las aguas del mary las derrama sobre la superficie de la tierra:su nombre es el SEÑOR.