Are ye not as the Ethiopians [a]unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from [b]Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it clean out of the earth. Nevertheless I will not utterly [c]destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

For lo, I will command and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve: yet shall not the [d]least stone fall upon the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:7 Am I more bound to you than to the Ethiopians, or black moors? yet have I bestowed upon you greater benefits.
  2. Amos 9:7 Read Jer. 47:4.
  3. Amos 9:8 Though he destroy the rebellious multitude, yet he will ever reserve the remnant his Church to call upon his Name.
  4. Amos 9:9 Meaning, that none of his should perish in his wrath.

“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites[a]?”(A)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines(B) from Caphtor[b](C)
    and the Arameans from Kir?(D)

“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(E) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(F)
“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain(G) is shaken in a sieve,(H)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  2. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete