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I saw the Lord standing beside the altar : and he said , Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake ; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword : there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
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Though they dig into Sheol , thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven , thence will I bring them down .
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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 it 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 slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil , and not for good .
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For the Lord , Jehovah of hosts , [is] he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn ; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt ;
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[it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens , and hath founded his vault upon the earth ; he that calleth for the waters of the sea , and poureth them out upon the face of the earth ; Jehovah is his name .
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Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel ? saith 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 Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob , saith Jehovah .
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For, lo, I will command , and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations , like as [grain] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel 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 overtake nor meet us .
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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 its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old ;
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that they may possess the remnant of Edom , and all the nations that are called by my name , saith Jehovah that doeth this.
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Behold, the days come , saith Jehovah , 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.
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And I will bring back the captivity of my people 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.
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And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God .