Amos 9:8–15

⁸I, the Almighty Lord, have my eyes on this sinful kingdom. 

I will wipe it off the face of the earth. 

But I won’t totally destroy the descendants of Jacob, declares the Lord. 

⁹I’m going to give the order. 

I will sift the nation of Israel out of all the nations 

as if I were using a sieve. 

Not one pebble will fall to the ground. 

¹⁰All the sinners among my people are thinking, 

“Destruction will not catch up to us or run into us.” 

In spite of this, they will be killed with swords. 

The Lord Will Restore His People

¹¹On that day I will set up David’s fallen tent. 

I will repair the holes in it. 

I will restore its ruined places. 

I will rebuild them as they were a long time ago. 

¹²They will capture the few survivors of Edom 

and all the other nations that were under my authority, 

declares the Lord, who will do these things. 

¹³The days are going to come, declares the Lord, 

when the one who plows will catch up to the one who harvests, 

and the one who stomps on grapes will catch up to the one who plants. 

New wine will drip from the mountains 

and flow from all the hills. 

¹⁴I will restore my people Israel. 

They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. 

They will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them. 

They will plant gardens and eat their fruit. 

¹⁵I will plant the people of Israel in their land, 

and they won’t be uprooted again from the land that I gave them, 

says the Lord your God.