Amos 9:8

Look, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, 1 and I will destroy it from the face of the earth, 1 except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

In Context

7“Are you not like the people of Cush to me, 1 people of Israel? 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt, 1 the Philistines from Crete, 1 and the Arameans from Kir? 1

9Look, I will give a command, 1 and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, 1 as one shakes grain in a sieve, 1 so that not the smallest stone will fall to the ground. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 7:4For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from off the surface of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Deuteronomy 6:15for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God—if you do, the anger of Yahweh your God will be kindled against you and he will destroy you from the surface of the earth.

Psalms 11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple; 1 his eyes watch, his eyes examine the children of mankind. 1

Proverbs 15:3The eyes of Yahweh are everywhere, 1 keeping watch over the evil and the good. 1

Jeremiah 5:10Go up onto her vineyards' terraces and destroy. But do not bring complete destruction to them. 1 Trim their vines, since those vines do not come from Yahweh. 1

Jeremiah 31:35Yahweh says this, 2 it is he who makes the sun to shine by day 2 and fixes the moon and stars to shine by night. 1 He is the one who sets the sea in motion 2 so that its waves roar— 1 Yahweh of hosts is his name. 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of… Read the whole commentary →

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