Dual Panel1I saw <07200> the sovereign <0136> One standing <05324> by <05921> the altar <04196> and he said <0559>, “Strike <05221> the tops of the support pillars <03730>, so the thresholds <05592> shake <07493>! Knock <01214> them down <01214> on the heads <07218> of all <03605> the people, and I will kill <02026> the survivors <0319> with the sword <02719>. No <03808> one will be able to run away <05127>; no <03808> one will be able to escape <04422>.
2Even if <0518> they could dig <02864> down into the netherworld <07585>, my hand <03027> would pull <03947> them up <03947> from there <08033>. Even if <0518> they could climb up <05927> to heaven <08064>, I would drag <03381> them down <03381> from there <08033>.
3Even if <0518> they were to hide <02244> on the top <07218> of Mount Carmel <03760>, I would hunt <02664> them down <02664> and take <03947> them from there <08033>. Even if <0518> they tried to hide <05641> from me at the bottom <07172> of the sea <03220>, from there <08033> I would command <06680> the Sea Serpent <05175> to bite <05391> them.
4Even when <0518> their enemies <0341> drive <01980> them into captivity <07628>, from there <08033> I will command <06680> the sword <02719> to kill <02026> them. I will not let <07760> them out <07760> of my sight <05869>; they will experience disaster <07451>, not <03808> prosperity <02896>.”
5The sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635> will do this. He touches <05060> the earth <0776> and it dissolves <04127>; all <03605> who live <03427> on it mourn <056>. The whole <03605> earth rises <05927> like the River Nile <02975>, and then grows calm <08257> like the Nile <02975> in Egypt <04714>.
6He builds <01129> the upper rooms <04609> of his palace in heaven <08064> and sets <03245> its foundation <03245> supports <092> on <05921> the earth <0776>. He summons <07121> the water <04325> of the sea <03220> and pours <08210> it out <08210> on <05921> the earth’s <0776> surface <06440>. The Lord <03068> is his name <08034>.
7“You <0859> Israelites <03478> <01121> are just like the Ethiopians <03569> <01121> in my sight,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>. “Certainly I brought <05927> Israel <03478> up <05927> from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, but I also brought the Philistines <06430> from Caphtor <03731> and the Arameans <0758> from Kir <07024>.
8Look <02009>, the sovereign <03069> Lord <0136> is watching <05869> the sinful <02400> nation <04467>, and I will destroy <08045> it from <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>. But <03588> I will not <03808> completely destroy <08045> <08045> the family <01004> of Jacob <03290>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.
9“For <03588> look <02009>, I <0595> am giving a command <06680> and I will shake <05128> the family <01004> of Israel <03478> together with all <03605> the nations <01471>. It will resemble a sieve <03531> being shaken <05128>, when <0834> not <03808> even a pebble <06872> falls <05307> to the ground <0776>.
10All <03605> the sinners <02400> among my people <05971> will die <04191> by the sword <02719>– the ones who say <0559>, ‘Disaster <07451> will not <03808> come near <05066>, it will not confront <06923> us.’
11“In that day <03117> I will rebuild <06965> the collapsing <05307> hut <05521> of David <01732>. I will seal <01443> its gaps <06556>, repair <06965> its ruins <02034>, and restore <01129> it to what it was like in days <03117> gone by <05769>.
12As a result <04616> they will conquer <03423> those left <07611> in Edom <0123> and all <03605> the nations <01471> subject <07121> to my rule <08034>.” The Lord <03068>, who is about <05921> to do <06213> this <02063>, is speaking <05002>!
13“Be sure of this <02009>, the time <03117> is coming <0935>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, “when the plowman <02790> will catch up <05066> to the reaper <07114> and the one who stomps <01869> the grapes <06025> will overtake <04900> the planter <02233>. Juice <06071> will run down <05197> the slopes <02022>, it will flow down <04127> all <03605> the hillsides <01389>.
14I will bring back <07725> my people <05971>, Israel <03478>; they will rebuild <01129> the cities <05892> lying in rubble <08074> and settle down <03427>. They will plant <05193> vineyards <03754> and drink <08354> the <0853> wine <03196> they produce <06213>; they will grow orchards <01593> and eat <0398> the <0853> fruit <06529> they produce.
15I will plant <05193> them on <05921> their land <0127> and they will never <03808> again <05750> be uprooted <05428> from <05921> the land <0127> I have given <05414> them <01992>,” says <0559> the Lord <03069> your God <0430>.