American Standard Version
"All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us. "
— Amos 9:10, American Standard Version
“All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.”
“All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'”
“All the sinners among my people will die by the sword– the ones who say,‘Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.’”
“All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.”
“All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.”
“All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.”
Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.