Amos 6:9

And it shall come to pass, if there remain asarah anashim in one bais, they shall die.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

8Adonoi Hashem hath sworn by Himself, saith Hashem Elohei Tzva'os: 1 I abhor the ga'on Ya'akov, 1 and hate his fortresses; 1 therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

10And a manʼs relative shall take him up, and he that burieth him, to carry out the bones out of the bais, and shall say unto him still hiding inside, Is there yet any with thee? And he shall say, Not one. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue; for the Shem Hashem is not to be invoked. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:33And the ish of thine, whom I shall not cut off from Mine Mizbe'ach, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine nefesh; and all the increase of thine Bais shall die anashim. + 2:33 i.e., not zekenim

Esther 9:10The aseret bnei Haman ben Hamdata, tzorer (enemy of) HaYehudim; but on the plunder laid they not their hand.

Job 1:19And, hinei, there came a ruach gedolah from the midbar, and struck the arbah pinot (four corners) of the bais, and it fell upon the na'arim, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; 1 and in the dor acher (generation following) let their shem be blotted out. 1

Amos 5:3For thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 The city that went out by a thousand 1 will be left a hundred, 1 and that which went forth by an hundred 1 will be left ten, for Bais Yisroel. 1

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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