Amós 9:8

8 “Sem dúvida, os olhos do SENHOR, o Soberano,se voltam para este reino pecaminoso.Eu o varrerei da superfície da terra,mas não destruirei totalmentea descendência de Jacó”,declara o SENHOR.

Amós 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 9:8

Behold, the eyes of the Lord God [are] upon the sinful kingdom,
&c.] God is omniscient, and his eyes are everywhere, and upon all persons, good and bad, and upon all kingdoms, especially upon a sinful nation: "the sinning kingdom" ^F14, or "the kingdom of sin" ^F15, as it may be rendered; that is addicted to sin, where it prevails and reigns; every such kingdom, particularly the kingdom of Israel, Ephraim, or the ten tribes, given to idolatry, and other sins complained of in this prophecy; and that not for good, but for evil, as in ( Amos 9:4 ) ; in order to cut them off from being a people: and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth:
so that it shall be no more, at least as a kingdom; as the ten tribes have never been since their captivity by Shalmaneser; though Japhet interprets this of all the kingdoms of the earth, being sinful, the eyes of God are upon them to destroy them, excepting the kingdom of Israel; so Abarbinel: saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the
Lord;
and so it is, that though they have been destroyed as a kingdom, yet not utterly as a people; there were some of the ten tribes that mixed with the Jews, and others that were scattered about in the world; and a remnant among them, according to the election of grace, that were met with in the ministry of the apostles, and in the latter day all Israel shall be saved; see ( Jeremiah 30:10 Jeremiah 30:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (hajxh hklmm) "hoc regnum peccans", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Drusius, Mercerus; "peccatrix", Piscator.
F15 "Regnum peccati", Pagninus, Montanus.

Amós 9:8 In-Context

6 Ele constrói suas câmaras altas,e firma a abóbada sobre a terra;ele reúne as águas do mar e as espalhasobre a superfície da terra.SENHOR é o seu nome.

7 “Vocês, israelitas, não são para mimmelhores do que os etíopes”,declara o SENHOR.“Eu tirei Israel do Egito,os filisteus de Caftore os arameus de Quir.

8 “Sem dúvida, os olhos do SENHOR, o Soberano,se voltam para este reino pecaminoso.Eu o varrerei da superfície da terra,mas não destruirei totalmentea descendência de Jacó”,declara o SENHOR.

9 “Pois darei a ordeme sacudirei a nação de Israelentre todas as nações,tal como o trigo é abanado numa peneira,e nem um grão cai na terra.

10 Todos os pecadores que há no meio do meu povomorrerão à espada,todos os que dizem:‘A desgraça não nos atingirá nem nos encontrará’.