Amos 9:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said: I will wipe out from the earth the human beings I have created, and not only the human beings, but also the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air, for I regret that I made them.

Genesis 7:4

For seven days from now I will bring rain down on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and so I will wipe out from the face of the earth every being that I have made.

1 Kings 13:34

This is the account of the sin of the house of Jeroboam for which it was to be cut off and destroyed from the face of the earth.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Proverbs 5:21

Indeed, the ways of each person are plain to the Lord’s sight; all their paths he surveys;

Jeremiah 30:11

for I am with you—oracle of the Lord—to save you. I will bring to an end all the nations among whom I have scattered you; but you I will not bring to an end. I will chastise you as you deserve, I will not let you go unpunished.

Jeremiah 44:27

I am watching over them for evil, not for good. All the Judahites in Egypt shall come to an end by sword or famine until they are completely destroyed.

Jeremiah 46:28

You, Jacob my servant, must not fear—oracle of the Lord— for I am with you; I will make an end of all the nations to which I have driven you, But of you I will not make an end: I will chastise you as you deserve, I cannot let you go unpunished.

Jeremiah 5:10

Climb her terraces, and ravage them, destroy them completely. Tear away her tendrils, they do not belong to the Lord.

Hosea 1:4

Then the Lord said to him: Give him the name “Jezreel,” for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed at Jezreel and bring to an end the kingdom of the house of Israel;

Hosea 1:6

She conceived again and bore a daughter. The Lord said to him: Give her the name “Not-Pitied,” for I will no longer feel pity for the house of Israel: rather, I will utterly abhor them.

Amos 3:12

Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion a pair of sheep’s legs or the tip of an ear, So shall the Israelites escape, those who dwell in Samaria, With the corner of a couch or a piece of a cot.

Amos 7:17

Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword. Your land shall be parcelled out by measuring line, and you yourself shall die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be exiled from its land.”

Amos 9:10

All sinners among my people shall die by the sword, those who say, “Disaster will not reach or overtake us.”

Amos 9:4

Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix my gaze upon them for evil and not for good.

Deuteronomy 4:31

Since the Lord, your God, is a merciful God, he will not abandon or destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.

Deuteronomy 6:15

for the Lord, your God who is in your midst, is a passionate God—lest the anger of the Lord, your God, flare up against you and he destroy you from upon the land.