Amós 9:8

8 »Yo, el Señor
Soberano,
estoy vigilando a esta nación pecaminosa de Israel
y la destruiré
de la faz de la tierra.
Sin embargo, nunca destruiré por completo a la familia de Israel
—dice 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 hogar del Señor
llega hasta los cielos,
mientras que sus cimientos están en la tierra.
Él levanta agua de los océanos
y la vierte como lluvia sobre la tierra.
¡El Señor
es su nombre!

7 «Israelitas, ¿son ustedes más importantes para mí
que los etíopes?
—pregunta el Señor
—.
Saqué a Israel de Egipto,
pero también traje a los filisteos de Creta
y a los arameos de Kir.

8 »Yo, el Señor
Soberano,
estoy vigilando a esta nación pecaminosa de Israel
y la destruiré
de la faz de la tierra.
Sin embargo, nunca destruiré por completo a la familia de Israel
—dice el Señor
—.

9 Pues daré la orden
y sacudiré a Israel junto con las demás naciones
como se sacude el grano en un cernidor,
sin embargo, ningún grano verdadero se perderá.

10 En cambio, todos los pecadores morirán a filo de espada,
esos que dicen: “Nada malo nos sucederá”.