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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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Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine handtake 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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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.5
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.6
It is he that buildeth his storiesa 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 upIsrael out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?8
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.9
For, lo, I will command , and I will siftb the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grainfall 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.
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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: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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Behold, the dayscome , saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper , and the treader of grapes him that sowethcseed; 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.
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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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