Amos 9:8-10

New Century Version

⁸ I, the Lord God, am watching the sinful kingdom Israel.
I will destroy it
    from off the earth,
but I will not completely destroy
    Jacob’s descendants,” says the Lord.
⁹ “I am giving the command
    to scatter the nation of Israel among all nations.
It will be like someone shaking grain through a strainer,
    but not even a tiny stone falls through.
¹⁰ All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword—
those who say,
    ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’