Amos 9:8-10

Expanded Bible

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].
¹⁰ All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword—
those who say,
    ‘·Nothing bad will happen to us [^LDisaster will not approach and meet us].’