Amos 9:5-11

English Standard Version

⁵ The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and ^(A)it melts,
    and all who dwell in it mourn,
^(B)and all of it rises like the Nile,
    ^(C)and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
^6 (D)who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
    and founds his vault upon the earth;
^(E)who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
^(F)the Lord is his name.

⁷ “Are you not like ^(G)the Cushites to me,
    O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
^(H)“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
    and ^(I)the Philistines from ^(J)Caphtor and the Syrians from ^(K)Kir?
⁸ Behold, ^(L)the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
    ^(M)except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.

⁹ “For behold, I will command,
    ^(N)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
    but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
¹⁰ All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
    who say, ^(O)‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’