Amos 9:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ The Lord says, “People of Israel, I think as much of the people of Ethiopia^[a] as I do of you. I brought the Philistines from Crete and the Syrians from Kir, just as I brought you from Egypt. ⁸ I, the Sovereign Lord, am watching this sinful kingdom of Israel, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not destroy all the descendants of Jacob.

⁹ “I will give the command and shake the people of Israel like grain in a sieve. I will shake them among the nations to remove all who are worthless.