Amos 9:8–15

⁸The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,

and I will destroy it from the face of the earth

—except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,

says the Lord.^*

⁹For I will command

and shake the house of Israel among all the nations,

as one shakes with a sieve

but no pebble shall fall to the ground.^*

¹⁰All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,

who say, “Evil shall not overtake or meet us.”^*

The Restoration of David’s Kingdom

¹¹On that day I will raise up

the booth of David that is fallen

and repair itsⁱ breaches

and raise up its^j ruins

and rebuild it as in the days of old,^*

¹²in order that they may possess the remnant of Edom

and all the nations who are called by my name,

says the Lord who does this.^*

¹³The time is surely coming, says the Lord,

when the one who plows shall catch up with the one who reaps

and the treader of grapes with the one who sows the seed;

the mountains shall drip sweet wine,

and all the hills shall flow with it.^*

¹⁴I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,

and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;

they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,

and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.^*

¹⁵I will plant them upon their land,

and they shall never again be plucked up

out of the land that I have given them,

says the Lord your God.^*