88 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
88 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
The Destruction of Israel
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# Chapter 9
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1. I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:
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"Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,
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and shatter them on the heads of all the people;
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and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
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not one of them shall flee away;
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not one of them shall escape.
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2. "If they dig into Sheol,
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from there shall my hand take them;
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if they climb up to heaven,
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from there I will bring them down.
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3. If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
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from there I will search them out and take them;
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and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
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there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
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4. And if they go into captivity before their enemies,
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there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
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and I will fix my eyes upon them
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for evil and not for good."
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5. The Lord God of hosts,
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he who touches the earth and it melts,
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and all who dwell in it mourn,
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and all of it rises like the Nile,
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and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
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6. who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
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and founds his vault upon the earth;
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who calls for the waters of the sea
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and pours them out upon the surface of the earth--
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the LORD is his name.
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7. "Are you not like the Cushites to me,
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O people of Israel?" declares the LORD.
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"Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
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and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?
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8. Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
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and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
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except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,"
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declares the LORD.
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9. "For behold, I will command,
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and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
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as one shakes with a sieve,
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but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
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10. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
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who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.'
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The Restoration of Israel
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11. "In that day I will raise up
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the booth of David that is fallen
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and repair its breaches,
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and raise up its ruins
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and rebuild it as in the days of old,
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12. that they may possess the remnant of Edom
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and all the nations who are called by my name,"
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declares the LORD who does this.
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13. "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD,
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"when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
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and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
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the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
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and all the hills shall flow with it.
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14. I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
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and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
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they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
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and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
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15. I will plant them on their land,
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and they shall never again be uprooted
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out of the land that I have given them,"
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says the LORD your God.
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