3. Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,there too I will hunt them down and take them;Though they hide from my gaze at the bottom of the sea,there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4. Though they go into captivity before their enemies,there I will command the sword to slay them.I will fix my gaze upon themfor evil and not for good.
5. The Lord God of hosts,Who melts the earth with his touch,so that all who dwell on it mourn,So that it will all rise up like the Nile,and subside like the river of Egypt;
6. Who has built his upper chamber in heaven,and established his vault over the earth;Who summons the waters of the seaand pours them upon the surface of the earth—the Lord is his name.
7. Are you not like the Ethiopians to me,O Israelites?—oracle of the Lord—Did I not bring the Israelites from the land of Egyptas I brought the Philistines from Caphtorand the Arameans from Kir?
8. See, the eyes of the Lord God are on this sinful kingdom,and I will destroy it from the face of the earth—But I will not destroy the house of Jacob completely—oracle of the Lord.
9. For see, I have given the commandto sift the house of Israel among all the nations,As one sifts with a sieve,letting no pebble fall to the ground.
10. All sinners among my people shall die by the sword,those who say, “Disaster will not reach or overtake us.”
11. On that day I will raise upthe fallen hut of David;I will wall up its breaches,raise up its ruins,and rebuild it as in the days of old,