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I saw the Lordstanding 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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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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And though they go into captivitybefore 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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And the LordGOD 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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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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Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel?saith the LORD. Have not I brought upIsrael out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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Behold, the eyes of the LordGOD are upon the sinfulkingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth;saving that I will not utterlydestroy the house of Jacob,saith the LORD.
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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 grainfall upon the earth.
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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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Behold, the dayscome, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sowethseed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
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And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the wastecities, and inhabit them; and they shall plantvineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also makegardens, and eat the fruit of them.