The Destruction of Israel 1 ULT I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said,“Strike the capital so that the thresholds shake, and cut them off on the head of all of them, and their end I will kill with the sword. A fleeing one will not flee for them, and a fugitive will not escape for them. BSB BSB: I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
2 ULT If 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. BSB BSB: Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
3 ULT And if they hide themselves in the head of Carmel, from there I will search out and take them. And if they are hidden from before my eyes in the floor of the sea, from there I will command the serpent and it will bite them. BSB BSB: Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4 ULT And if they go in captivity to the face of their enemies, from there I will command the sword and it will kill them. And I will set my eye on them for evil and not for good.” BSB BSB: Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
5 ULT And the Lord Yahweh of Armies, the one touching the earth and it melts, and all of the dwellers in it mourn, and all of it goes up like the Nile, and it sinks like the Nile of Egypt; BSB BSB: The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
6 ULT the one building his stairs in the heavens, and his vault, over the earth he founded it, the one calling to the waters of the sea, and he pours them out upon the face of the earth— Yahweh{ is} his name. BSB BSB: He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
8 ULT Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from upon the face of the ground. Nevertheless, destroying, I will not destroy the house of Jacob”— the declaration of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
9 ULT “For behold, I am commanding, and I will shake the house of Israel among all of the nations, just as it is shaken in the sieve, and a pebble will not fall to the earth. BSB BSB: “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
10 ULT By the sword all of the sinners of my people will die, the ones saying,‘The evil will not approach or reach as far as us.’ BSB BSB: All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
A Promise of Restoration (Acts 15:5–21)
11 ULT In that day, I will raise up the fallen booth of David, and I will wall up their breaches, and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as{ in} the days of antiquity, BSB BSB: “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 ULT so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all of the nations whom my name is called over them”— the declaration of Yahweh, the one doing this. BSB BSB: that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
13 ULT “Behold, days are coming”— the declaration of Yahweh—“and the plower will approach the reaper, and the treader of grapes to the sower of the seed, and the mountains will drip sweet wine, and all of the hills will melt. BSB BSB: “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
14 ULT And I will restore the restoration of my people Israel, and they will build desolated cities and dwell{ there}, and they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they will make gardens and eat their fruit. BSB BSB: I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 ULT And I will plant them upon their ground, and they will not be uprooted again from upon their ground that I gave to them,” says Yahweh your God. BSB BSB: I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.