Amos 9:8–15

⁸I, the Lord God, am watching the sinful kingdom Israel.

I will destroy it

from off the earth,

but I will not completely destroy

Jacob’s descendants,” says the Lord.

⁹“I am giving the command

to scatter the nation of Israel among all nations.

It will be like someone shaking grain through a strainer,

but not even a tiny stone falls through.

¹⁰All the sinners among my people

will die by the sword—

those who say,

‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’

The Lord Promises to Restore Israel

¹¹“The kingdom of David is like a fallen tent,

but in that day I will set it up again

and mend its broken places.

I will rebuild its ruins

as it was before.

¹²Then Israel will take over what is left of Edom

and the other nations that belong to me,”

says the Lord,

who will make it happen.

¹³The Lord says, “The time is coming when there will be all kinds of food.

People will still be harvesting crops

when it’s time to plow again.

People will still be taking the juice from grapes

when it’s time to plant again.

Wine will drip from the mountains

and pour from the hills.

¹⁴I will bring my people Israel back from captivity;

they will build the ruined cities again,

and they will live in them.

They will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them;

they will plant gardens and eat their fruit.

¹⁵I will plant my people on their land,

and they will not be pulled out again

from the land which I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.