Amos 6:9

Modern

And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

Traditional

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

Literal

And if ten men should remain in a single house, then It will come to pass that they also will die.

Latin

Quod si reliqui fuerint decem viri in domo una, et ipsi morientur.

Hebrew

English

And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

These verses vividly describe the widespread killing due to military conquest as promised in Amos 6:8.

The pronouncements of sorrow in this section develop two main themes:

Israel’s apostasy (turning away from God) would make the day of the Lord a day of judgment, not salvation; and
Judah’s spiritual complacency (feeling satisfied and unconcerned about faithfulness to God) would also bring judgment.

Amos 5:3
This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
Psalm 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Job 20:28
The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
Job 1:19
…when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Esther 5:11
Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Esther 9:10
They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Isaiah 14:21
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
1 Samuel 2:33
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
Job 1:2
He had seven sons and three daughters,