Amos 9:4 - Exposition

Captivity itself, in which state men generally, at any rate, are secure of their lives, shall not save them from the sword (Le 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:65 , etc. comp. Tobit 1:17, 18; 2:3, where we see that the murder of captives was not unusual). The prophet looks forward to the Assyrian deportation. For evil. The people are indeed subject to God's special attention, but only in order to punish them ( Psalms 34:15 , Psalms 34:16 ; Jeremiah 44:11 ).