Amos 9:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ “And if they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I shall command the sword, and it shall slay them. And I shall set My eyes on them for evil and not for good.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword and it shall slay them, and I will set My eyes upon them for evil and not for good.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ If they are forced from their homes before their enemies, there I will give an order to the sword, and it will kill them. I will fix my eyes on them for harm and not for good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And if they go into captivity in the sight of their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. And I will set my eyes over them for harm and not for good."

Amos 9:4 Cross References

Genesis 44:21

“And you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, and let me set my eyes on him.’

2 Chronicles 16:9

“For the eyes of יהוה  diligently search throughout all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect to Him. You have acted foolishly in this, so from now on you shall have battles.”

Psalm 34:17

The righteous cried out, and יהוה  heard, And delivered them out of all their distresses.

Exodus 14:24

And it came to be, in the morning watch, that יהוה  looked down upon the army of the Mitsrites through the column of fire and cloud, and He brought the army of the Mitsrites into confusion.

Jeremiah 12:12

“The ravagers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness, for the sword of יהוה  is devouring from one end of the land to the other end of the land. There is no peace to any flesh.

Jeremiah 21:10

“For I have set My face against this city for evil and not for good,” declares יהוה. “It is given into the hand of the sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 24:6

‘And I shall set My eyes on them for good, and shall bring them back to this land. And I shall build them and not pull them down, and shall plant them and not pluck them up.

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him and look after him, and do no harm whatsoever to him, but do to him even as he shall speak to you.”

Jeremiah 39:16

“Go, and you shall speak to Eḇ

Jeremiah 44:11

“Therefore thus said יהוה  of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 5:12

‘One-third of you shall die of pestilence, and be consumed with scarcity of food in your midst. And one-third shall fall by the sword all around you. And I shall scatter another third to all the winds, and draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 5:2

“Burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are completed. And you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and scatter one-third in the wind. And I shall draw out a sword after them.

Leviticus 17:10

‘And any man of the house of Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 26:33

‘And I shall scatter you among the gentiles and draw out a sword after you. And your land shall be desert and your cities ruins,

Amos 9:8

“Look, the eyes of the Master יהוה  are on the sinful reign, and I shall destroy it from the face of the earth, except that, I do not completely destroy the house of Yaʽ

Zechariah 8:10

‘For before these days there was not a wage for a man, nor a hire for beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or came in, because of his enemies, and I set all men one against another.