Amos 9:9

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.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 28:64 Historical context

Deuteronomy 28:64 also prophesies scattering among all nations, echoing the dispersion backdrop of Amos's sifting.

Leviticus 26:33 Historical context

Leviticus 26:33 describes the scattering among nations as covenant curse — the same judgment behind Amos's sifting imagery.

Jeremiah 46:28 repeats the pattern: full end for nations, but not for Israel—discipline without destruction, mirroring the sieve's preservation.

Romans 11:1 Parallel

In Romans 11:1, Paul affirms God has not rejected Israel — a direct parallel to the preservation of the kernel in Amos.

Luke 22:31 Allusion

In Luke 22:31, Jesus tells Peter Satan has asked to sift him like wheat — directly echoing the sifting motif in Amos.

In Matthew 3:12, John uses winnowing imagery to separate wheat from chaff — a strong parallel to the sifting metaphor in Amos.

In Zechariah 13:8, two-thirds perish and one-third survive — a clear remnant parallel to the kernel preserved in Amos 9:9.

Ezekiel 36:19 directly states God scattered them among nations, the same dispersion depicted in the sieve.

Ezekiel 20:38 purges rebels from the exiles, matching the sifting that removes the wicked while preserving the righteous.

Ezekiel 12:16 also preserves a remnant among nations, mirroring the 'not a pebble falls' promise of survival.

Jeremiah 31:36 grounds Israel's continued existence in the fixed order of creation—parallel to God's promise that no kernel will be lost.

Jeremiah 30:11 explicitly states God will not make a full end of Israel—same logic as Amos's 'no kernel lost'—discipline but preservation.

Jeremiah 4:27 echoes the same promise: total desolation but not a full end—God preserves a remnant amid judgment.

Isaiah 65:8 Parallel

Isaiah 65:8 uses the same preservation imagery: as juice in a cluster saves the vine, God spares a remnant from judgment.

Numbers 23:9 declares Israel separate from nations — contrasting with Amos's scattering among nations as judgment.

Isaiah 30:28 uses the same 'sieve' metaphor for sifting nations in judgment, paralleling Amos's imagery for Israel.

Isaiah 27:12 depicts the end-time gathering of Israel after scattering — the reverse of Amos's sifting, showing full restoration.

Jeremiah 31:17 Related theme

Jeremiah 31:17 offers hope of return—linked to the survival implied by the sieve imagery in Amos.

Jeremiah 29:18 describes the curse and scattering among nations—while Amos focuses on sifting with preservation, this emphasizes the horror of exile.

Ezekiel 20:34 reverses the direction: God gathers from the nations with wrath, contrasting Amos's shaking out.

Ezekiel 39:28 promises none left behind in gathering, while Amos preserves only the righteous through sifting.

Hosea 9:17 Parallel

Hosea 9:17 says Israel will be 'wanderers among the nations', echoing the scattering in Amos's sieve.

In Zechariah 2:6, the scattering of Israel like the four winds parallels the shaking among nations in Amos.

In Zechariah 10:9, God sows Israel among peoples and promises remembrance and return — a parallel to the sifting and preservation in Amos.

Esther 4:14 Parallel

Esther 4:14 exemplifies God's hidden preservation of His people, mirroring Amos's promise that not a grain falls.

Deuteronomy 28:65 Related theme

Deuteronomy 28:65 adds the curse of unrest among scattered nations, expanding the consequences implied in Amos's sifting.