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Chapter 9 |
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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. |
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2 | Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand
take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
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| 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: |
| 4 | 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. |
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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. |
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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 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. |
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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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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: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
