9:1 I saw Yehovah standing on the altar:
and he said, Smite the mercy-seat, and the porch shall be shaken: and cut
through into the heads of all; and I will slay the remnant of them with the
sword: no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them, striving to
save himself shall be delivered.
9:2 Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them
forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
9:3 If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search
[them] out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into
the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite
them.
9:4 And if they should go into captivity before the face of their enemies,
there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine
eyes against them for evil, and not for good.
9:5 And Yehovah, Yehovah Elohim Almighty, [is he] that takes hold of the
land, and causes it to shake, and all that inhabit it shall mourn; and its
destruction shall go up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt.
9:6 [It is he] that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his
promise on the earth; who calls the water of the sea, and pours it out on
the face of the earth; Yehovah Almighty is his name.
9:7 Are not ye to me as the sons of the Ethiopians, O Children of Israel?
saith Yehovah. Did I not bring Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the
Philistines from Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of the deep?
9:8 Behold, the eyes of Yehovah Elohim are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I
will cut it off from the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off
the house of Jacob, saith Yehovah.
9:9 For I [will] give commandment, and sift the house of Israel among all
the Gentiles, as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, and [yet] a fragment shall not
in any wise fall upon the earth.
9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say,
Calamities shall certainly not draw near, nor come upon us.
9:11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and
will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have
been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days:
9:12 that the remnant of men, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is
called, may earnestly seek [me], saith Yehovah who does all these things.
9:13 Behold, the days come, saith Yehovah, when the harvest shall overtake
the vintage, and the grapes shall ripen at seedtime; and the mountains shall
drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall be planted.
9:14 And I will turn the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall
rebuild the ruined cities, and shall inhabit [them]; and they shall plant
vineyards, and shall drink the wine from them; and they shall form gardens,
and eat the fruit of them.
9:15 And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be plucked
up from the land which I have given them, saith Yehovah Elohim Almighty. |
9:1 I saw Yehovah 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.
9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they
climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
9:3 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:
9:4 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.
9:5 And Yehovah Elohim 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.
9:6 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: Yehovah is his name.
9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel?
saith Yehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and
the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
9:8 Behold, the eyes of Yehovah Elohim 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 Yehovah.
9:9 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.
9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The
evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
9:11 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:
9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen,
which are called by my name, saith Yehovah that doeth this.
9:13 Behold, the days come, saith Yehovah, 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.
9:14 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.
9:15 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 Yehovah thy Elohim. |