Amos 9:8-15

New Catholic Bible

⁸ Behold, I, the Lord God,
    have my eyes upon this sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.

However, I will not completely destroy the house of Jacob,
    says the Lord.
⁹ For I will give the command
    and shake out the house of Israel
    from among all the nations,
as one sifts with a sieve
    without one pebble falling to the ground.
¹⁰ All the sinners among my people shall die by the sword,
    those who say, “Evil will not approach or overtake us.”
¹¹ On that day I shall raise up
    the fallen hut of David.
I will repair the gaps in its walls,
    restore its ruins,
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,
¹² so that Israel may possess the remnant of Edom
    and of all the nations that bear my name;
    I, the Lord, will accomplish this.

¹³ The days are surely coming,
    says the Lord,
when the plowman shall overtake
    the one who reaps,
and the treader of grapes will overtake
    the one who sows the seed.
New wine will drip from the mountains,
    and every hill will flow with it.
¹⁴ I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel;
    they will rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them.
They will plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    cultivate gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵ I will plant them in their own soil,
    and they shall never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them.
    This is the word of the Lord, your God.