1. I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: “Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people;and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away;not one of them shall escape.
2. “If they dig into Sheol,from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven,from there I will bring them down.
3. If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
4. And if they go into captivity before their enemies,there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them; and I will fix my eyes upon themfor evil and not for good.”