1 I saw the Lord standing on the altar, and he said: Strike the tops of the pillars, so that the thresholds quake, and break them off over the heads of all of them; whoever remains I will slay with the sword. No fugitive among them will flee; no survivor among them will slip away.
2 Though they burrow down to Sheol, my hand will pull them out from there; though they climb to the heavens, I will haul them down from there.
3 Though they conceal themselves on Carmel's summit, I will hunt them down there and seize them; though they hide out of my sight on the sea floor, I will order the serpent there to bite them.
4 Though they are marched off captive by their enemies, I will order the sword there to slay them. I will keep my eye on them for harm, not for good.
5 The Lord GOD of hosts is the one who touches the earth so that it melts and all its inhabitants grieve, and it all heaves like the Nile and subsides like the river of Egypt.
6 He builds his lofty chambers in the sky and sets his arch over the earth; he summons the waters of the sea and spills them over the face of the land. The LORD is his name.
7 Are you not to me like the sons of the Cushites, children of Israel? declares the LORD. Did I not bring Israel up out of the land of Egypt, the Philistines out of Caphtor, and the Syrians out of Kir?
8 The eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will wipe it off the face of the ground; but I will not wipe out the house of Jacob completely, declares the LORD.
9 For I am about to give the order, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not a pebble will drop to the ground.
10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, the ones who say, "Calamity will not come near us or confront us."
11 On that day I will set up again David's booth that has fallen; I will close up its gaps, restore its ruins, and build it as it was long ago,
12 so that they may take possession of what is left of Edom and of all the nations over whom my name is called, declares the LORD, who does this.
13 The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the one plowing will catch up with the one reaping, and the one treading grapes with the one scattering seed; the mountains will drip new wine, and all the hills will melt with it.
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel; they will build the desolate cities again and settle in them; they will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them, lay out gardens and eat what they yield.
15 I will plant them in their own soil, and never again will they be pulled up out of the soil I have given them, says the LORD your God.