Amos 9:7-15

New International Version

⁷“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)

⁸“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)
⁹“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)
¹⁰All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,^(J)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’^(K)

Israel’s Restoration

¹¹“In that day

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

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

“when the reaper^(T) will be overtaken by the plowman^(U)
    and the planter by the one treading^(V) grapes.
New wine^(W) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,^(X)
¹⁴    and I will bring^(Y) my people Israel back from exile.^[d]^(Z)

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

says the Lord your God.^(AH)

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Footnotes

Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

Ezekiel 20:2-20

New International Version

²Then the word of the Lord came to me: ³“Son of man, speak to the elders^(A) of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Have you come to inquire^(B) of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(C)’

⁴“Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their ancestors^(D) ⁵and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose^(E) Israel, I swore with uplifted hand^(F) to the descendants of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, “I am the Lord your God.^(G)” ⁶On that day I swore^(H) to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey,^(I) the most beautiful of all lands.^(J) ⁷And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images^(K) you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols^(L) of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.^(M)”

⁸“‘But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me;^(N) they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.^(O) So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt.^(P) ⁹But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt.^(Q) I did it to keep my name from being profaned^(R) in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites. ¹⁰Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.^(S) ¹¹I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.^(T) ¹²Also I gave them my Sabbaths^(U) as a sign^(V) between us,^(W) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.^(X)

¹³“‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled^(Y) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws^(Z)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.^(AA) So I said I would pour out my wrath^(AB) on them and destroy^(AC) them in the wilderness.^(AD) ¹⁴But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned^(AE) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.^(AF) ¹⁵Also with uplifted hand I swore^(AG) to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands^(AH)— ¹⁶because they rejected my laws^(AI) and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts^(AJ) were devoted to their idols.^(AK) ¹⁷Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy^(AL) them or put an end to them in the wilderness. ¹⁸I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents^(AM) or keep their laws or defile yourselves^(AN) with their idols. ¹⁹I am the Lord your God;^(AO) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^(AP) ²⁰Keep my Sabbaths^(AQ) holy, that they may be a sign^(AR) between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.^(AS)”