Amos 6:9

Remain — Escaping the enemies sword. Ten men — Many men, a certain number for an uncertain. They shall die — Tho' they escape a while, they shall not finally escape.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If there shall remain ten men - He probably still denounces the punishment of the rich inhabitants of the palaces, since in these only, of old, w...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Miserable Fate of these Rulers. Yahweh solemnly declares ( Amos 6:8 ) that the pride ( mg.) of Jacob, the vainglory which has displaced true g...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

remain : survive after the seige. men. Plural of 'enosh App-14. die : by pestilence
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here amplifies the calamity, which was nigh the people; as though he had said, that God would not now take moderate vengeance on th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. Ten men - they shall die - All shall be cut off by the sword, o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. If there remain ten men in one house ... they shall die...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ten ... uncle . — In some large house it might be that ten are left remaining, but even these are devoured by the pestilence which hovers in the tr...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From the formalists the prophet turned toward those who had lost all sense of the spiritual and the moral, and were indifferent, those were ''at ease...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Probably the captivity here spoken of, in the first sense, had a reference to the Babylonish captivity. But I humbly conceive it had respect to anoth...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass ,.... When the city is delivered up and taken: if there remain ; who are not carried captive, or destroyed by the sword:...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. Ver. 9. And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If there remain ten men in one house , &c. Those that escape the hands of the enemy shall die by the pestilence. And a man's uncle (or kinsman...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 790. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It shall come to pass; the thing is decreed, and shall take effect. If there remain, or escape the enemies sword, or the famine of Samaria, besie...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Woe On Those Who Complacently Relaxed, Depending On YHWH's Protection, While They Also Totally Ignored His Requirements ( Amos 6:1-14 )....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 6:1-30 With a second woe the prophet denounces the chiefs of the whole nation, who were quite satisfied with the present st...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Destruction of the Kingdom Foretold
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die, that is, no matter how large the number, not one would escape.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:33 ; Amos 5:3 ; Esther 5:11 ; Esther 9:10 ; Isaiah 14:21 ; Job 1:19 ; Job 1:2 ; Job 20:28 ; Psalms 109:13

⁹ And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Related Commentaries of Amos 6:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 6:9