Amos 9:7-9

Contemporary English Version

The Lord Is God

⁷Israel, I am the Lord God,
    and the Ethiopians^[a]
are no less important to me
    than you are.
I brought you out of Egypt,
    but I also brought
the Philistines from Crete^[b]
    and the Arameans from Kir.^[c]
⁸My eyes have seen
what a sinful nation you are,
    and I'll wipe you out.
But I will leave a few
of Jacob's descendants.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

⁹At my command, all of you
    will be sifted like grain.
Israelites who remain faithful
will be scattered
    among the nations.
And the others will be trapped
    like trash in a sifter.

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Footnotes

9.7 Ethiopians: The Hebrew text has “people of Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
9.7 Crete: Hebrew “Caphtor.”
9.7 Philistines … Arameans from Kir: The Philistines were Israel's enemies to the west, and the Arameans were enemies to the northeast. For Kir, see the note at 1.5.