Amós 9:8

8 He aquí, los ojos del Señor DIOS están sobre el reino pecador, y yo lo destruiré de sobre la faz de la tierra; sin embargo, no destruiré totalmente a la casa de Jacob declara el SEÑOR.

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 el que edifica en los cielos sus altos aposentos, y sobre la tierra ha establecido su bóveda; el que llama a las aguas del mar y las derrama sobre la faz de la tierra: el SEÑOR es su nombre.

7 ¿No sois vosotros para mí como hijos de Etiopía, oh hijos de Israel?declara el SEÑOR. ¿No hice yo subir a Israel de la tierra de Egipto y a los filisteos de Caftor y a los arameos de Kir?

8 He aquí, los ojos del Señor DIOS están sobre el reino pecador, y yo lo destruiré de sobre la faz de la tierra; sin embargo, no destruiré totalmente a la casa de Jacob declara el SEÑOR.

9 Porque he aquí, yo daré un mandato, y zarandearé a la casa de Israel entre todas las naciones, como se zarandea el grano en la criba, sin que caiga ni un grano en tierra.

10 A espada morirán todos los pecadores de mi pueblo, los que dicen: "No nos alcanzará ni se nos acercará la desgracia."