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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3 | 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.
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