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“You Israelites are just like
    the people of Cush to me,”
    announces the Lord.
“I brought Israel up from Egypt.
    I also brought the Philistines from Crete
    and the Arameans from Kir.

“I am the Lord and King.
    My eyes are watching the sinful kingdom of Israel.
I will wipe it off the face of the earth.
    But I will not totally destroy the people of Jacob,”
    announces the Lord.
“I will give an order.
    I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations.
They will be like grain that is shaken through a screen.
    Not a pebble will fall to the ground.

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“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