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Even when their enemies drive them into captivity,[a]
from there[b] I will command the sword to kill them.
I will not let them out of my sight;
they will experience disaster, not prosperity.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:4 tn Heb “Even if they go into captivity before their enemies.”
  2. Amos 9:4 tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem).
  3. Amos 9:4 tn Heb “I will set my eye on them for disaster, not good.”

Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(A) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(B) and not for good.(C)(D)

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