Amos 9:8-10

New Living Translation

⁸ “I, the Sovereign Lord,
    am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
    from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,^[a]”
    says the Lord.
⁹ “For I will give the command
    and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
    yet not one true kernel will be lost.
¹⁰ But all the sinners will die by the sword—
    all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.’