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And he said:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">Strike the capitals</p> <p class="sl1">so that the threshold shakes!</p> <p class="sl1">Break them off on the heads of them all!</p> <p class="sl">Those who are left I will slay with the sword.</p> <p class="sl">Not one shall get away,</p> <p class="sl1">no survivor shall escape.<a id="rfn37009001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37009001-1">*</a> <a id="ren37009001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009002" class="ver">2</span>Though they dig down to Sheol,</p> <p class="sl1">even from there my hand shall take them;</p> <p class="sl">Though they climb to the heavens,</p> <p class="sl1">even from there I shall bring them down.<a id="ren37009002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009003" class="ver">3</span>Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,</p> <p class="sl1">there too I will hunt them down and take them;</p> <p class="sl">Though they hide from my gaze at the bottom of the sea,</p> <p class="sl1">there I will command the serpent<a id="rfn37009003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37009003-1">*</a> to bite them.<a id="ren37009003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009004" class="ver">4</span>Though they go into captivity before their enemies,</p> <p class="sl1">there I will command the sword to slay them.</p> <p class="sl">I will fix my gaze upon them</p> <p class="sl1">for evil and not for good.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v37009005" class="ver">5</span>The Lord <span class="tetr">God</span> of hosts,</p> <p class="sl">Who melts the earth with his touch,</p> <p class="sl1">so that all who dwell on it mourn,</p> <p class="sl">So that it will all rise up like the Nile,</p> <p class="sl1">and subside like the river of Egypt;<a id="ren37009005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009005-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009006" class="ver">6</span>Who has built his upper chamber in heaven,</p> <p class="sl1">and established his vault over the earth;</p> <p class="sl">Who summons the waters of the sea</p> <p class="sl1">and pours them upon the surface of the earth—</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is his name.<a id="ren37009006-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009006-e">e</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v37009007" class="ver">7</span>Are you not like the Ethiopians to me,</p> <p class="sl1">O Israelites?—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>—</p> <p class="sl">Did I not bring the Israelites from the land of Egypt</p> <p class="sl1">as I brought the Philistines from Caphtor</p> <p class="sl1">and the Arameans<a id="rfn37009007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37009007-1">*</a> from Kir?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009008" class="ver">8</span>See, the eyes of the Lord <span class="tetr">God</span> are on this sinful kingdom,</p> <p class="sl1">and I will destroy it from the face of the earth—</p> <p class="sl">But I will not destroy the house of Jacob completely—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009009" class="ver">9</span>For see, I have given the command</p> <p class="sl1">to sift the house of Israel among all the nations,</p> <p class="sl">As one sifts with a sieve,</p> <p class="sl1">letting no pebble fall to the ground.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009010" class="ver">10</span>All sinners among my people shall die by the sword,</p> <p class="sl1">those who say, “Disaster will not reach or overtake us.”<a id="ren37009010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009010-f">f</a></p> </div> <h1 class="bksect">VI. <span class="ac">Epilogue: Restoration Under a Davidic King</span></h1> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v37009011" class="ver">11</span><a id="rfn37009011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37009011-1">*</a> On that day I will raise up</p> <p class="sl1">the fallen hut of David;</p> <p class="sl">I will wall up its breaches,</p> <p class="sl1">raise up its ruins,</p> <p class="sl1">and rebuild it as in the days of old,<a id="ren37009011-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009011-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009012" class="ver">12</span>That they may possess the remnant of Edom,</p> <p class="sl1">and all nations claimed in my name—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the one who does this.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009013" class="ver">13</span>Yes, days are coming—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>—</p> <p class="sl">When the one who plows shall overtake the one who reaps</p> <p class="sl1">and the vintager, the sower of the seed;</p> <p class="sl">The mountains shall drip with the juice of grapes,</p> <p class="sl1">and all the hills shall run with it.<a id="ren37009013-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009013-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009014" class="ver">14</span>I will restore my people Israel,</p> <p class="sl1">they shall rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities,</p> <p class="sl">Plant vineyards and drink<a id="rfn37009014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37009014-1">*</a> the wine,</p> <p class="sl1">set out gardens and eat the fruits.<a id="ren37009014-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37009014-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37009015" class="ver">15</span>I will plant them upon their own ground;</p> <p class="sl1">never again shall they be plucked</p> <p class="sl">From the land I have given them—</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, has spoken.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div 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