Amos 6:9

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

10But 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 anyone else with thee? And he shall say, No one else. And the other shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:33And if I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, it shall be that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and everyone that remains in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.

Job 1:19Suddenly a great wind came on from the desert, and caught the four corners of the house, 1 And the house fell upon thy children, and they are dead; 1 And I have escaped alone, and am come to tell thee. 1

Amos 5:3Therefore thus saith the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, in it there shall be left a hundred, and in that out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Amos 6:9-14

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 790.) 8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he… Read the whole commentary →

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