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The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the face of the earth
    —except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,
            says the Lord.(A)

For I will command
    and shake the house of Israel among all the nations,
as one shakes with a sieve
    but no pebble shall fall to the ground.(B)
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
    who say, “Evil shall not overtake or meet us.”(C)

The Restoration of David’s Kingdom

11 On that day I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[a] breaches
    and raise up its[b] ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,(D)
12 in order that they may possess the remnant of Edom
    and all the nations who are called by my name,
    says the Lord who does this.(E)

13 The time is surely coming, says the Lord,
    when the one who plows shall catch up with the one who reaps
    and the treader of grapes with the one who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and all the hills shall flow with it.(F)
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.(G)
15 I will plant them upon their land,
    and they shall never again be plucked up
    out of the land that I have given them,
            says the Lord your God.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.11 Gk: Heb their
  2. 9.11 Gk: Heb his

“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)
“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)

Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(H) fallen shelter(I)
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins(J)
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,(K)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(L)
    and all the nations that bear my name,[a](M)
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(N)

13 “The days are coming,”(O) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper(P) will be overtaken by the plowman(Q)
    and the planter by the one treading(R) grapes.
New wine(S) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,(T)
14     and I will bring(U) my people Israel back from exile.[b](V)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(W) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(X) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(Y)
15 I will plant(Z) Israel in their own land,(AA)
    never again to be uprooted(AB)
    from the land I have given them,”(AC)

says the Lord your God.(AD)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
  2. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel