Amos 9:7-8

7 “Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites^[a] ?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor^[b]and the Arameans from Kir?

8 “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.

Amos 9:7-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 9

This chapter contains the fifth and last vision the prophet saw; which represents the certain desolation of the land, city, and temple, and the slaughter of all sorts of persons, high and low, none should escape it, Am 9:1; be they where they would, they should be found out, whether in hell or heaven, on the tops of the highest mountains, or in the bottom of the sea, or in a foreign land, since the eyes of the Lord were upon them for evil, Am 9:2-4; nor could they hope to escape, when they considered his greatness and his power, and what he could do, and had done; and how they had behaved towards him, even though they were the people he had brought out of Egypt, Am 9:5-7; but though the sinful kingdom should be destroyed, yet not utterly, a remnant should be saved, Am 9:8-10; and the chapter is concluded with gracious promises of raising up the tabernacle of David fallen down, and of the return of the people of Israel to their own land; and of their settlement and continuance in it, never more to depart from it, Am 9:11-15.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Chronicles 12:3; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 43:3
• 2. S Genesis 10:14
• 3. S Deuteronomy 2:23; Jeremiah 47:4
• 4. S 2 Kings 16:9; S Isaiah 22:6; S Amos 1:5; Amos 2:10
• 5. S Jeremiah 4:27
• 6. S Jeremiah 44:27

Footnotes

• [a] That is, people from the upper Nile region
• [b] That is, Crete