1I saw the Lord vibin' at the altar, and He said, “Smite the lintel of the door so the posts can shake. Cut them in the head, all of them; I’ll slay the last with the sword. No cap, whoever tries to bounce ain’t getting away.”

2Even if they dig into hell, my hand’s gonna grab them; if they try to climb to heaven, I’ll bring them down, periodt.

3If they think they can hide on top of Carmel, I’ll find them; and if they’re chillin’ at the bottom of the sea, I’ll send the serpent to bite them.

4If they get captured by their enemies, I’ll command the sword to slay them. I’m watching them for bad vibes, not good ones.

5The Lord God of hosts is the one who touches the land, and it melts. Everyone living there is gonna mourn; it’ll rise like a flood and drown like Egypt’s flood.

6He’s the one building His stories in heaven and has His crew on earth; He calls for the sea's waters and pours them out on the land. The Lord is His name.

7Are you not like the Ethiopians to me, O Israel? Says the Lord. Didn’t I bring Israel up from Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

8Check it, the Lord God’s eyes are on the sinful kingdom, and I’m about to wipe it off the earth; but I won’t totally destroy Jacob’s house, says the Lord.

9For real, I’m gonna command and sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn in a sieve, and not a single grain will hit the ground.

10All the sinners of my people are gonna catch the sword, saying, “Evil won’t catch us or stop us.”

11On that day, I’ll raise up David’s fallen tabernacle, fix the gaps; I’ll rebuild his ruins like back in the day.

12So they can take back the remnant of Edom and all the nations called by my name, says the Lord who’s doing this.

13Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the plowman will catch up with the reaper, and the grape treader with the seed sower; mountains will drop sweet wine, and all the hills will melt.

14I’ll bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they’ll rebuild the cities and live in them; they’ll plant vineyards and drink the wine; they’ll make gardens and eat the fruit.

15I’ll plant them in their land, and they won’t be uprooted again from the land I’ve given them, says the Lord your God.

1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

5And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

6It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

7Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

8Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

9For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.

13Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

14And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

15And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.