Amós 9:10

10 Morirán a filo de espadatodos los pecadores de mi pueblo,todos los que dicen:“No nos alcanzará la calamidad;¡jamás se nos acercará!”

Amós 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.

Amós 9:10 In-Context

8 Por eso los ojos del SEÑOR omnipotenteestán sobre este reino pecaminoso.Borraré de la faz de la tierra a los descendientes de Jacob,aunque no del todo—afirma el SEÑOR—.

9 Daré la orden de zarandear al pueblo de Israelentre todas las naciones,como se zarandea la arena en una criba,sin que caiga a tierra ni una sola piedra.

10 Morirán a filo de espadatodos los pecadores de mi pueblo,todos los que dicen:“No nos alcanzará la calamidad;¡jamás se nos acercará!”

11 »En aquel día levantaréla choza caída de David.Repararé sus grietas,restauraré sus ruinasy la reconstruiré tal como era en días pasados,

12 para que ellos posean el remanente de Edomy todas las naciones que llevan mi nombre—afirma el SEÑOR, que hará estas cosas—.