Amos 9:7-9
New Living Translation
7 “Are you Israelites more important to me
than the Ethiopians?[a]” asks the Lord.
“I brought Israel out of Egypt,
but I also brought the Philistines from Crete[b]
and led the Arameans out of Kir.
8 “I, the Sovereign Lord,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,[c]”
says the Lord.
9 “For I will give the command
and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
yet not one true kernel will be lost.
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