The Destruction of Israel

1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said:

“Strike the doorposts

and the thresholds will shake,

and break them on the head of them all,

and the last of them I will kill with the sword.

No one fleeing can flee from them,

and no fugative will escape from them.

2If they dig into Sheol,

from there my hand will take them,

and if they go up to the heavens,

from there I will bring them down.

3And if they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,

from there I will search and will take them;

and if they hide from My eyes at the bottom of the sea,

from there I will command the serpent,† and it will bite them!

4And if they go into captivity before the face of their enemies,

from there I will command the sword, and it will kill them;

and I will set My eyes on them

for harm and not for good!”

5And the Lord YHWH of Hosts—

the One touching the earth and it melts,

and all those dwelling on it mourn,

and all of it swells like the River,

and it sinks like the River of Egypt,

6the One building His upper chambers in the heaven,

and having founded His vault upon the earth,

the One calling to the waters of the sea,

and He pours them out upon the face of the earth—

YHWH is His name!

7“Are you⁺ not like the sons of the Cushites† to Me,

O sons of Israel?”

An utterance of YHWH.

“Did I not bring up Israel

from the land of Egypt,

and the Philistines from Caphtor,†

and Aram from Kir?

8Behold, the eyes of the Lord YHWH

are on the sinful kingdom,

and I will destroy it from the face of the earth—

except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob.”

An utterance of YHWH.

9“For behold, I am giving the command,

and I will shake among all the nations

the house of Israel,

as it is shaken in a sieve,

and not a pebble will fall to the ground.

10By the sword they will die—

all the sinful ones of My people,

those saying,

‘This evil will not come near or meet with us.’”

A Promise of Restoration
(Acts 15:5–21)

11“On that day I will raise up

the tent of David that has fallen,

and I will wall up its breaches, and its ruins I will raise up,

and I will rebuild it as in the days of old,

12so that they may possess the remnant of Edom,

and all of the nations that My name is called over them,Ӡ

a declaration of YHWH, the One doing this.

13“Behold, the days are coming,”

says YHWH,

“And the one plowing will draw near to the one reaping,

and the one treading the grapes to the one drawing out the seed,

and the mountains will drip sweet wine,

and all the hills will flow with it.

14And I will turn back the captivity of My people Israel,†

and they will rebuild the cities that are desolate and will dwell in them,

and they will plant vineyards and drink their wine,

and they will make gardens and eat of their fruit.

15And I will plant them in their land,

and they will not be uprooted anymore

from the land that I have given to them,”

says YHWH your God.