Amos 9:8
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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.Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
In other translations
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.Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
Hebrew words
הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009עֵינֵי׀'einei[the] eyes ofH5869אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069בַּמַּמְלָכָהbamamlakhah[are] on the kingdomH4467הַחַטָּאָהhachata'ah<the> sinfulH2400וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּיvehishmadtiand I will destroyH8045אֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> itH853מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] surface ofH6440הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe groundH127אֶפֶס'efesneverthelessH657כִּיkiforH3588לֹאlo'notH3808הַשְׁמֵידhashmeidcertainly <to be destroying>H8045אַשְׁמִיד'ashmidI will destroyH8045אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Amos 9:4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
- Jeremiah 44:27Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
- Jeremiah 5:10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
- Isaiah 27:7-87 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.7 Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? 8 By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
- Hosea 1:6And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo–ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
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- Deuteronomy 6:15(For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
- Joel 2:32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
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