Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Amos 6:9
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And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
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And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
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It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
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And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
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Amos 6
7 Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
9 And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
10 And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
11 For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
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