Amos 9:7-9

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⁷ The Lord says,
“Israel, you are no different to me than the people of Cush [^CEthiopia].
·I brought [^LDid I not bring…?] Israel out of the land of Egypt,
    and the Philistines from ·Crete [^LCaphtor],
    and the Arameans [^CSyrians] from Kir.
⁸ [^LLook; ^TBehold] I, the Lord God, am watching the sinful kingdom [^CIsrael].
I will destroy it
    from ·off [^Lthe face of] the earth,
but I will not completely destroy
    ·Jacob’s descendants [^Lthe house of Jacob],” says the Lord.
⁹ “[^LFor look/^Tbehold] I am giving the command
    to ·scatter [^Lshake] the nation of Israel among all nations.
It will be like someone shaking grain through a ·strainer [sieve],
    but not even a ·tiny stone [pebble; or kernel of grain] falls ·through [^Lto the ground].