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I saw the Lord standing◦ over the altar; and He said, Smite the knobs*, that the doorways may quake; and divide them in the head, all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword; he who flees of them shall not flee, and he that escapes◦ of them shall not escape.
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If they dig··through into hell, thence shall My hand take them; and if they go··up to the heavens, thence will I bring· them ·down;
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and though they hide··themselves in the head of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hidden from in··front··of My eyes in the floor of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them;
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and though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall kill them; and I will set My eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
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And the Lord Jehovih* of Armies is He that touches the land, and it shall dissolve, and all that dwell in it shall mourn; and all of it shall go··up as the Nile; and shall be drowned, as by the Nile of Egypt.
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It is He who builds His stairs in the heavens, and has founded His troop on the earth; He that calls for the waters of the sea, and spills them on the face of the earth; Jehovah is His name.
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Are you◦ not as sons of the Ethiopians unto Me, O sons of Israel? says◦ Jehovah. Have not I brought··up Israel out··of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovih are on◦ the kingdom of the sinful, and I will blot· it ·out from upon the face of the ground; nonetheless surely▵ blotting··out I will not blot··out the house of Jacob, says◦ Jehovah.
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For, behold, I▵ will command, and I will move· the house of Israel ·back··and··forth among◦ all the nations, as◦ one moves··back··and··forth with a grate◦, and not the smallest··rock shall fall upon the earth.
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All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not approach nor◦ go··before us.
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In that◦ day will I raise··up the shelter of David that is fallen, and fence··in their breaches; and I will raise··up what is broken··down with him, and I will build her as in the days of eternity;
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so··that they may possess what··is··left of Edom, and of all the nations, upon whom My name is called, says◦ Jehovah who is doing this.
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Behold, the days are coming, says◦ Jehovah, and the plower shall approach the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who draws the seed; and the mountains shall drop··down new··wine, and all the hills shall dissolve.
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And I will return the captivity of My people of Israel, and they shall build the desolate cities, and dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of it; and they shall make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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And I will plant them upon their ground, and they shall no◦ more◦ be plucked··up out of their ground which I have given to them◦, says Jehovah thy God.