7. ‘Are not you Israelitesthe same to me as the Cushites?’declares the Lord.‘Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,the Philistines from Caphtorand the Arameans from Kir?
8. ‘Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lordare on the sinful kingdom.I will destroy itfrom the face of the earth.Yet I will not totally destroythe descendants of Jacob,’declares the Lord.
9. ‘For I will give the command,and I will shake the people of Israelamong all the nationsas grain is shaken in a sieve,and not a pebble will reach the ground.
10. All the sinners among my peoplewill die by the sword,all those who say,“Disaster will not overtake or meet us.”
11. ‘In that day‘I will restore David’s fallen shelter –I will repair its broken wallsand restore its ruins –and will rebuild it as it used to be,