Amos 9:4

And though they go into golus (exile) before their enemies, 1 thence will I command the cherev, and it shall slay them; 1 and I will set Mine eyes upon them 1 for rah, and not for tov. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

In Context

3And though they hide themselves in the summit of Carmel, 1 I will search and take them out thence; 1 and though they be hid 1 from My sight in the bottom of the yam, 1 thence will I command the nachash, 1 and he shall bite them; 1

5And Adonoi Hashem HaTzva'os 1 is He that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, 1 and all that dwell therein shall mourn; 1 and it shall rise up wholly like the Nile; 1 and sink like the Nile of Mitzrayim. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 44:21And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

Leviticus 17:10And whatsoever man there be of Bais Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of dahm; I will even set My face against that nefesh that eateth dahm, and will cut it off + 17:10 See Dan 9:26 from among its people.

Leviticus 26:36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a fearful faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a cherev; and they shall fall v'ein rodef (when none pursueth, persecutes).

2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of Hashem run to and fro kol HaAretz, to strengthen them whose lev is shalem (wholehearted) toward Him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; therefore from henceforth thou shalt have milchamot.

Psalms 34:17The face of Hashem is against them that do rah, 1 to cut off the zekher (remembrance) of them from ha'aretz. 1

Jeremiah 24:6For I will set mine eyes over them for tovah, and I will bring them again to ha'aretz hazot; and I will build them up, and not tear them down; and I will plant them, and not uproot them.

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of… Read the whole commentary →

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