148 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
148 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
A Vision of God at the Altar
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# Chapter 9
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1. Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,
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"Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
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so that the foundation will shake.
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Bring down the roof
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on the heads of the people below.
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I will kill with the sword those who survive.
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No one will escape!
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2. "Even if they dig down to the place of the dead,
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I will reach down and pull them up.
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Even if they climb up into the heavens,
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I will bring them down.
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3. Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel,
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I will search them out and capture them.
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Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean,
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I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
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4. Even if their enemies drive them into exile,
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I will command the sword to kill them there.
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I am determined to bring disaster upon them
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and not to help them."
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5.
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The Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
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touches the land and it melts,
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and all its people mourn.
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The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime,
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and then it sinks again.
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6. The LORD's home reaches up to the heavens,
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while its foundation is on the earth.
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He draws up water from the oceans
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and pours it down as rain on the land.
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The LORD is his name!
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7. "Are you Israelites more important to me
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than the Ethiopians?" asks the LORD.
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"I brought Israel out of Egypt,
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but I also brought the Philistines from Crete
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and led the Arameans out of Kir.
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8. "I, the Sovereign LORD,
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am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
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I will destroy it
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from the face of the earth.
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But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,"
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says the LORD.
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9. "For I will give the command
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and will shake Israel along with the other nations
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as grain is shaken in a sieve,
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yet not one true kernel will be lost.
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10. But all the sinners will die by the sword--
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all those who say, 'Nothing bad will happen to us.'
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A Promise of Restoration
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11. "In that day I will restore the fallen house of David.
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I will repair its damaged walls.
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From the ruins I will rebuild it
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and restore its former glory.
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12. And Israel will possess what is left of Edom
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and all the nations I have called to be mine."
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The LORD has spoken,
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and he will do these things.
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13. "The time will come," says the LORD,
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"when the grain and grapes will grow faster
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than they can be harvested.
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Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel
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will drip with sweet wine!
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14. I will bring my exiled people of Israel
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back from distant lands,
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and they will rebuild their ruined cities
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and live in them again.
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They will plant vineyards and gardens;
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they will eat their crops and drink their wine.
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15. I will firmly plant them there
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in their own land.
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They will never again be uprooted
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from the land I have given them,"
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says the LORD your God.
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