1 Isaw our Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, & let the lintels be moved: for there is avarice in the head of all, & the last of them will I kill by the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall fly, & he shall not be saved that shall fly of them.
1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.
2 If they shall descend even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and if they shall ascend even to heaven, thence will I pluck them down.
2 ¹Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
3 And if they shall be hid in the top of Carmel, thence searching will I take them away: and if they shall hide themselves from mine eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
3 And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.
4 And if they shall go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, & it shall kill them. And I will set mine eyes upon them to evil, and not to good.
4 And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. ²And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
5 And our Lord the God of hosts, which toucheth the earth, & it shall melt away: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall all rise as a river, and shall run down as the flood of Ægypt.
5 And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt.
6 He that buildeth in heaven his ascension, & hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.
6 He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: ³who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.
7 Why, are not you as the children of the Æthiopians unto me, o children of Israel, saith our Lord? Did not I make Israel to ascend out of the Land of Ægypt: and the Palesthins out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrenee?
7 Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? Did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: ⁴and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?
8 Behold the eyes of our Lord God upon the sinning kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet destroying I will not destroy the house of Jacob, saith our Lord.
8 Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
9 For behold I will command, & will shake the house of Israel in all nations, as wheat is shaken in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall upon the earth.
9 For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: which say: The evil shall not approach, & shall not come upon us.
10 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.
11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that was fallen: & I will re-edify the breaches of the walls thereof, and those things, that were fallen I will repair: & I will re-edify him as in the days of old.
11 In that day ⁵I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.
12 That they may possess the remnant of Idumea, and all nations, because that my name is invocated upon them: saith our Lord that doth these things.
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.
13 Behold the days come, saith our Lord: and the plougher shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of the grape him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and all hills shall be tilled.
13 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and ⁶the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled.
14 And I will convert the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the desert cities, and inhabit: and shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them.
14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them. And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
15 And I will plant them upon their own ground: & I will no more pluck them out of their land, which I have given them, saith our Lord thy God.
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