9 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. 2 Though
they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb
up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 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: 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. 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. 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. 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?
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. 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. 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.