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Amos 9:9

“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

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ASV

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.

KJV

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
אָֽנֹכִי֙'a.no.KhiIH595 →
מְצַוֶּ֔הme.tza.Veh[am] about to commandH6680 →
וַהֲנִע֥וֹתִיva.ha.ni.'o.tiand I will shakeH5128 →
בְכָֽל־ve.khal-among allH3605 →
הַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
יִנּ֙וֹעַ֙yi.No.a'it is shakenH5128 →
בַּכְּבָרָ֔הba.ke.va.Rahin <the> sieveH3531 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִפּ֥וֹלyi.Polit will fallH5307 →
צְר֖וֹרtze.Rora pebbleH6872 →
אָֽרֶץ׃'A.retz[the] groundH776 →

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Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.Ezekiel 39:28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.Ezekiel 36:19I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.Ezekiel 5:10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’Hosea 9:17My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.Acts 27:44The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.Amos 6:11For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.Jeremiah 49:36I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.Isaiah 30:28His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.Zechariah 10:9Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.Isaiah 28:28Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.Zechariah 2:6“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.Numbers 23:9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

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The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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