Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign LORD are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not totally destroy the descendants of Jacob,” declares the LORD. New Living Translation “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,” says the LORD. English Standard Version Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “Behold, 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,” Says the LORD. New American Standard Bible “Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will eliminate it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,” Declares the LORD. NASB 1995 “Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” Declares the LORD. NASB 1977 “Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” Declares the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible Behold, the eyes of Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” Declares Yahweh. Amplified Bible “Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful [northern] kingdom [of Israel’s ten tribes] And I shall destroy it from the face of the earth; But I shall not totally destroy the house of Jacob [that is, the entire nation of Israel],” Says the LORD. Christian Standard Bible Look, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will obliterate it from the face of the earth. However, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob — this is the LORD’s declaration — Holman Christian Standard Bible Look, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. However, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob— this is the LORD’s declaration— American Standard Version Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Behold, the eyes of The Lord of Lords are in the Kingdom of Sin, and I shall destroy it from the face of the Earth, however, I shall not so destroy the house of Yaqob, says LORD JEHOVAH Brenton Septuagint Translation Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. Contemporary English Version My eyes have seen what a sinful nation you are, and I'll wipe you out. But I will leave a few of Jacob's descendants. I, the LORD, have spoken! Douay-Rheims Bible Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation I, the Almighty LORD, have my eyes on this sinful kingdom. I will wipe it off the face of the earth. But I won't totally destroy the descendants of Jacob, declares the LORD. Good News Translation I, the Sovereign LORD, am watching this sinful kingdom of Israel, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not destroy all the descendants of Jacob. International Standard Version Look! The eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth; but I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," declares the LORD. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version Behold, [the] eyes of Lord YHWH [are] on the sinful kingdom, | And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, | Only, I do not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” | A declaration of YHWH. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible See, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on this sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth— But I will not destroy the house of Jacob completely— oracle of the LORD. NET Bible Look, the sovereign LORD is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob," says the LORD. New Revised Standard Version The 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. New Heart English Bible Look, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says Yahweh. Young's Literal Translation Lo, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are on the sinful kingdom, And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, Only, I destroy not utterly the house of Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah. Additional Translations ... Context The Destruction of Israel…7“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir? 8Surely 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. 9“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.… Cross References Jeremiah 5:10 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. Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished." Jeremiah 31:35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar--the LORD of Hosts is His name: Jeremiah 31:36 "Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel's descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me." Jeremiah 44:27 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 46:28 And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished." Joel 2:32 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. Treasury of Scripture Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on 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, said the LORD. the eyes. Amos 9:4 And 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. Psalm 11:4-6 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men… Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. and I. Genesis 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 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. savings. Deuteronomy 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. Isaiah 27:7,8 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? … Jeremiah 5:10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. Jump to Previous Affirmation Complete Declares Destroy Destroyed Destruction Earth End Evil Except Eyes Face Ground House Jacob Kingdom Nevertheless Saving Sinful Sovereign Surely Surface Totally UtterlyJump to Next Affirmation Complete Declares Destroy Destroyed Destruction Earth End Evil Except Eyes Face Ground House Jacob Kingdom Nevertheless Saving Sinful Sovereign Surely Surface Totally UtterlyAmos 9 1. The certainty of the desolation.11. The restoring of the tabernacle of David. (8) Sinful nation.--The kingdom of the ten tribes which had so utterly revolted from the true centre and spiritual ideas of the worship of Jehovah.Verse 8. - The sinful kingdom. The kingdom of all Israel and Judah, the same as the house of Jacob just below, though a different fate awaits this, regarded as the covenant nation, whose are the promises. Destroy it, etc., as was threatened (Deuteronomy 6:15). Saving that. In spite of the destruction of the wicked people, God's promises hold good, and there is still a remnant who shall be saved (Jeremiah 30:11). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Surelyהִנֵּ֞ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! the eyes עֵינֵ֣י ׀ (‘ê·nê) Noun - cdc Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain of the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH are on the sinful הַֽחַטָּאָ֔ה (ha·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2400: A criminal, one accounted guilty kingdom, בַּמַּמְלָכָה֙ (bam·mam·lā·ḵāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign and I will destroy וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֣י (wə·hiš·maḏ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed it אֹתָ֔הּ (’ō·ṯāh) Direct object marker | third person feminine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case from מֵעַ֖ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the face פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the earth. הָאֲדָמָ֑ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land Yet כִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no utterly הַשְׁמֵ֥יד (haš·mêḏ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed destroy אַשְׁמִ֛יד (’aš·mîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed the house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Jacob,” יַעֲקֹ֖ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Amos 9:8 NIVAmos 9:8 NLT Amos 9:8 ESV Amos 9:8 NASB Amos 9:8 KJV Amos 9:8 BibleApps.com Amos 9:8 Biblia Paralela Amos 9:8 Chinese Bible Amos 9:8 French Bible Amos 9:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 9:8 Behold the eyes of the Lord Yahweh (Amo. 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