Amos 9:7-9

The Voice

⁷ Eternal One: To Me, aren’t you like the people of Ethiopia,
        overwhelmed by the powers around you,
    You people of Israel?
        Didn’t I bring the people of Israel from the land of Egypt,
    And the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
⁸     Look! The eyes of the Eternal Lord are fixed upon your sinful kingdom,
        and I will wipe it off the face of the earth.
    But I will not destroy Jacob’s descendants completely.

⁹ Eternal One: I will give the order,
        and I will shake the nation of Israel among all the nations
    The way grain is shaken in a sieve.
        All the good kernels will fall to the ground,
    But the rocks will stay trapped in the sieve, ready for disposal.