I saw the
Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite
the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake:
and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will
slay the last of them with the sword: he that
fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that
escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
02 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine
hand take them; though they climb up to heaven,
thence will I bring them down:
03 And though they hide themselves in the top of
Carmel, I will search and take them out thence;
and though they be hid from my sight in the
bottom of the sea, thence will I command the
serpent, and he shall bite them:
04 And though they go into captivity before their
enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it
shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon
them for evil, and not for good.
05 And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth
the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell
therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly
like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the
flood of Egypt.
06 It is he that buildeth his stories in the
heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth;
he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and
poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The
Lord is his name.
07 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto
me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have
not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt?
and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians
from Kir?
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08 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the
sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off
the face of the earth; saving that I will not
utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the
Lord.
09 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.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the
sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor
prevent us.
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of
David that is fallen, and close up the breaches
thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I
will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and
of all the heathen, which are called by my name,
saith the Lord that doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that
the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the
treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the
mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the
hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my
people of Israel, and they shall build the waste
cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall
also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and
they shall no more be pulled up out of their land
which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
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