Amos 9:8-10
The Message
7-8 “Do you Israelites think you’re any better than the far-off Cushites?” God’s Decree.
“Am I not involved with all nations? Didn’t I bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, the Arameans from Qir? But you can be sure that I, God, the Master, have my eye on the Kingdom of Sin. I’m going to wipe it off the face of the earth. Still, I won’t totally destroy the family of Jacob.” God’s Decree.
9-10 “I’m still giving the orders around here. I’m throwing Israel into a sieve among all the nations and shaking them good, shaking out all the sin, all the sinners. No real grain will be lost, but all the sinners will be sifted out and thrown away, the people who say, ‘Nothing bad will ever happen in our lifetime. It won’t even come close.’
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Amos 9:8-10
New International Version
8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(A) it
from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(B)
9 “For I will give the command,
and I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations
as grain(C) is shaken in a sieve,(D)
and not a pebble will reach the ground.(E)
10 All the sinners among my people
will die by the sword,(F)
all those who say,
‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’(G)
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