The Remnant of Israel Will Be Restored
Amos 9:7–15
Biblical Period
7To Me, O Israelites, you are
Just like the Ethiopians
—declares the Lord.
True, I brought Israel up
From the land of Egypt,
But also the Philistines from Caphtor
And the Arameans from Kir.
8Behold, the Lord God has His eye
Upon the sinful kingdom:
I will wipe it off
The face of the earth!
But, I will not wholly wipe out
The House of Jacob
—declares the Lord.
9For I will give the order
And shake the House of Israel—
Through all the nations—
As one shakes [sand] in a sieve,a
And not a pebble falls to the ground.
10All the sinners of My people
Shall perish by the sword,
Who boast,
“Never shall the evil
Overtake us or come near us.”
11In that day,
I will set up again the fallen booth of David:
I will mend its breaches and set up its ruins anew.
I will build it firm as in the days of old,
12b-So that they shall possess the rest of Edom
And all the nations once attached to My name-b—declares the Lord who will bring this to pass.
13A time is coming
—declares the Lord—
When the plowman shall meet the reaper,
And the treader of grapes
Him who holds the [bag of] seed;
When the mountains shall drip wine
And all the hills shall wave [with grain].
14I will restore My people Israel.
They shall rebuild ruined cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink their wine;
They shall till gardens and eat their fruits.
15And I will plant them upon their soil,
Nevermore to be uprooted
From the soil I have given them
—said the Lord your God.
Notes
A coarse sieve used for cleansing grain of straw and stones, or sand of pebbles and shells.
I.e., the House of David shall reestablish its authority over the nations that were ruled by David.
Credits
Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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