Sinful Israelites Will Die by the Sword
I saw the Lord standing beside the aaltar, and He said,
“Strike the capitals so that the bthresholds will quake,
And cbreak them on the heads of them all!
Then I will dkill the rest of them with the sword;
eNot one of them who can flee will flee,
And not one of them who can survive will escape.
2 Though they dig into aSheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they bascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.
3 And though they hide on the top of Carmel,
From there I will asearch them out and take them;
And though they bconceal themselves from My eyes on the floor of the sea,
From there I will command the cserpent, and it will bite them.
4 And though they go into acaptivity before their enemies,
From there I will command the sword that it kill them,
And I will bset My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”
5 Now Lord Yahweh of hosts,
The One who atouches the land so that it melts,
And ball those who inhabit it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
6 The One who builds His aupper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth;
The One who bcalls for the waters of the sea
And cpours them out on the face of the earth;
dYahweh is His name.
7 “Are you not as the sons of aEthiopia to Me,
O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the bPhilistines from Caphtor and the cArameans from dKir?
8 Behold, the aeyes of Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will bdestroy it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will cnot totally destroy the house of Jacob,”
Declares Yahweh.
9 “For behold, I am commanding,
And I will ashake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a kernel will fall to the ground.
10 All the asinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘bThe calamity will not overtake or confront us.’
Yahweh Will Rebuild Israel
11 “In that day I will araise up the fallen bbooth of David
And wall up its cbreaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the dancient days,
12 aThat they may possess the remnant of bEdom
And all the nations who are ccalled by My name,”
Declares Yahweh who does this.
13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
“When the aplowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the bmountains will drip sweet cwine
And all the hills will melt.
14 Also I will arestore the captivity of My people Israel,
And they will brebuild the desolated cities and live in them;
They will also cplant vineyards and drink their wine
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will also plant them on their land,
And athey will not again be uprooted from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says Yahweh your God.