Amos 9:10

10 Tous les pécheurs de mon peuple mourront par l'épée, ceux qui disent: Le mal n'approchera pas, il ne nous atteindra pas.

Amos 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword
By the sword of the Assyrians, and of others, into whose countries they shall flee for shelter, ( Amos 9:1 Amos 9:4 ) ; even all such who are notorious sinners, abandoned to their lusts, obstinate and incorrigible; live in sin, and continue therein; repent not of sin, disbelieve the prophets of the Lord, and defy his threatenings, and put away the evil day far from them: which say, the evil shall not overtake nor prevent us;
the evil threatened by the prophet, the sword of the enemy, the desolation of their land, and captivity in a foreign land; these evils, if they came at all, which they gave little credit to, yet would not in their days; they would never come so near them, or so close to their heels as to overtake them, and seize them, or to get before them, and stop them fleeing from them; they promised themselves impunity, and were in no pain about the judgments threatened them; so daring and impudent, so irreligious and atheistical, were they in their thoughts, words, and actions; and therefore should all and everyone of them be destroyed.

Amos 9:10 In-Context

8 Voici, les yeux du Seigneur, l'Éternel, sont sur ce royaume pécheur, et je le détruirai de dessus la face de la terre. Cependant je ne détruirai pas entièrement la maison de Jacob, dit l'Éternel.
9 Car voici, je vais donner mes ordres, et je secouerai la maison d'Israël parmi toutes les nations, comme le blé est secoué dans le crible, sans qu'il en tombe un grain à terre.
10 Tous les pécheurs de mon peuple mourront par l'épée, ceux qui disent: Le mal n'approchera pas, il ne nous atteindra pas.
11 En ce temps-là, je relèverai le tabernacle de David qui est tombé, j'en réparerai les brèches, j'en redresserai les ruines, et je le rebâtirai comme il était aux jours anciens;
12 Afin qu'ils possèdent le reste d'Édom et toutes les nations sur lesquelles mon nom a été invoqué, dit l'Éternel, qui fera cela.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.