7. “Are you Israelites more important to methan the Ethiopians?” asks the lord.“I brought Israel out of Egypt,but I also brought the Philistines from Creteand led the Arameans out of Kir.
8. “I, the Sovereign lord,am watching this sinful nation of Israel.I will destroy itfrom the face of the earth.But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,”says the lord.
9. “For I will give the commandand will shake Israel along with the other nationsas grain is shaken in a sieve,yet not one true kernel will be lost.