'House of Israel' in the Bible

Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:

For thus says the Lord God,“The city which goes forth a thousand strongWill have a hundred left,And the one which goes forth a hundred strongWill have ten left to the house of Israel.”

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,“Seek Me that you may live.

“Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

Woe to those who are at ease in ZionAnd to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,To whom the house of Israel comes.

“For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God of hosts,“And they will afflict you from the entrance of HamathTo the brook of the Arabah.”

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

“For behold, I am commanding,And I will shake the house of Israel among all nationsAs grain is shaken in a sieve,But not a kernel will fall to the ground.