7. Are you not like the Ethiopians to Me,O children of Israel?says the Lord.Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt,but also the Philistines from Caphtor,and the Arameans from Kir?
8. The eyes of the Lord Godare upon the sinful kingdom,and I will destroy itfrom off the face of the earth,though I will not completely destroythe house of Jacob,says the Lord.
9. See, I am giving the command,and I will sift the house of Israelamong all the nations,as one sifts with a sieve,and not a pebble falls to the ground.
10. All the sinners of My peoplewill die by the sword,those who say,“Never will disaster reach or overtakeus.”
11. On that day will I raise upthe hut of David that is fallen;I will close up its breached walls,raise up its ruins,and rebuild it as in the days of old;
12. that they may possess the remnant of Edom,and of all the nations called by My name,says the Lord who will do this.