Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. and I. Leviticus 26:33 And I will scatter you among the Gentiles: and I will draw out the sword after you. And your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed. Deuteronomy 28:64 The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which both thou art ignorant of and thy fathers, wood and stone. sift. Context The Destruction of Israel…8Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene? 9Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.10For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.… Cross References Luke 22:31 And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. Isaiah 30:28 His breath as a torrent overflowing even to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations unto nothing, and the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people. Jeremiah 31:36 If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever. Jeremiah 46:28 And thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, saith the Lord: because I am with thee, for I will consume all the nations to which I have cast thee out: but thee I will not consume, but I will correct thee in judgment, neither will I spare thee as if thou wert innocent. Jeremiah 49:36 And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven: and I will scatter them into all these winds: and there shall be no nation, to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come. Ezekiel 5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers: and I will execute judgments in thee, and I will scatter thy whole remnant into every wind. Ezekiel 5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and shall be consumed with famine in the midst of thee: and a third part of thee shall fall by the sword round about thee: and a third part of thee will I scatter into every wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. Ezekiel 20:38 And I will pick out from among you the transgressors, and the wicked, and will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 36:19 And I scattered them among the nations, and they are dispersed through the countries: I have judged them according to their ways, and their devices. Lexicon “Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction surely הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! I אָֽנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 595: I will give the command, מְצַוֶּ֔ה (mə·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order and I will shake וַהֲנִע֥וֹתִי (wa·hă·ni·‘ō·w·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc among all בְכָֽל־ (ḇə·ḵāl-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the nations, הַגּוֹיִ֖ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts as כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that [grain] is sifted יִנּ֙וֹעַ֙ (yin·nō·w·a‘) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter in a sieve, בַּכְּבָרָ֔ה (bak·kə·ḇā·rāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3531: A sieve but not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no a pebble צְר֖וֹר (ṣə·rō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6872: A parcel, a kernel, particle will reach יִפּ֥וֹל (yip·pō·wl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie the ground. אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land Additional Translations “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.For, see, 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 on the earth. 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. For I will give commandment, and sift the house of Israel among all the Gentiles, as corn is sifted in a sieve, and yet a fragment shall not in any wise fall upon the earth. For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel to and fro among all the nations, like as one shaketh [corn] in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 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. "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth. For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As one doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain to the earth. 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