Amós 9:4

4 Aunque vayan al cautiverio delante de sus enemigos, allí ordenaré a la espada que los mate, y pondré sobre ellos mis ojos para mal y no para bien.

Amós 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 9:4

And though they go into captivity before their enemies
Alluding to the manner in which captives are led, being put before their enemies, and so carried in triumph; see ( Lamentations 1:5 ) ; though some think this refers to their going voluntarily into a foreign country, in order to escape danger, as Johanan the son of Kareah with the Jews went into Egypt, ( Jeremiah 43:5-7 ) ; in whom Kimchi instances: thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them;
or them that kill with the sword, as the Targum; so that though they thought by going into another country, or into an enemy's country of their own accord, to escape the sword of the enemy, or to curry favour with them, yet should not escape: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good:
this is the true reason, why, let them be where they will, they cannot be safe, because the eyes of the omniscient God, which are everywhere, in heaven, earth, hell, and the sea, are set upon them, for their ruin and destruction; and there is no fleeing from his presence, or getting out of his sight, or escaping his hand. The Targum is,

``my Word shall be against them.''

Amós 9:4 In-Context

2 Aunque caven hasta el Seol , de allí los tomará mi mano; y aunque suban al cielo, de allí los haré bajar.

3 Aunque se escondan en la cumbre del Carmelo, allí los buscaré y los tomaré; aunque se oculten de mis ojos en el fondo del mar, allí ordenaré a la serpiente que los muerda.

4 Aunque vayan al cautiverio delante de sus enemigos, allí ordenaré a la espada que los mate, y pondré sobre ellos mis ojos para mal y no para bien.

5 El Señor, DIOS de los ejércitos: el que toca la tierra, y ésta se derrite, y se lamentan todos los que en ella habitan, sube toda ella como el Nilo y mengua como el Nilo de Egipto;

6 el que edifica en los cielos sus altos aposentos, y sobre la tierra ha establecido su bóveda; el que llama a las aguas del mar y las derrama sobre la faz de la tierra: el SEÑOR es su nombre.