1: 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. |
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2: Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: |
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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: |
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4: 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. |
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5: 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.
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6: 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. |
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7: 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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8: 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. |
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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. |
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10: All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which
say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. |
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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: |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |