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. |
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: |
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| 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:
Acts 15:16
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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.
Acts 15:17
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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. |
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. |