I saw the Lordstandingupon 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 willslay the last of themwith the sword: he thatfleeth of themshall not fleeaway, and he thatescapeth of themshall not be delivered.
And thoughtheyhidethemselves in the top of Carmel, I willsearch and takethem out thence; and thoughthey be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thencewill I command the serpent, and he shallbitethem:
And thoughthey go intocaptivitybeforetheirenemies, thencewill I command the sword, and it shallslaythem: and I will set mineeyesuponthem for evil, and not for good.
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he thattoucheth the land, and it shallmelt, and all thatdwellthereinshallmourn: and it shallrise up whollylike a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
It is he thatbuildeth his stories in the heaven, and hathfounded his troop in the earth; he thatcalleth for the waters of the sea, and poureththem out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopiansunto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the PhilistinesfromCaphtor, and the Syriansfrom Kir?
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinfulkingdom, and I willdestroy it from off the face of the earth; savingthat I will not utterlydestroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
For, lo, I willcommand, and I willsift the house of Israelamong all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the leastgrainfallupon the earth.
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of Davidthat is fallen, and close up the breachesthereof; and I willraise up his ruins, and I willbuild it as in the days of old:
Behold, the dayscome, saith the LORD, that the plowmanshallovertake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him thatsowethseed; and the mountainsshalldropsweetwine, and all the hillsshallmelt.
And I willbringagain the captivity of my people of Israel, and theyshallbuild the wastecities, and inhabitthem; and theyshallplantvineyards, and drink the winethereof; theyshallalsomakegardens, and eat the fruit of them.