3 If they escape to the peaksof Mount Carmel,I'll search and find them.And if they hide from meat the bottom of the ocean,I'll command a sea monsterto bite them.
4 I'll send a sword to kill them,wherever their enemiesdrag them off as captives.I'm determined to hurt them,not to help them.”
5 When the Lord God All-Powerfultouches the earth, it melts,and its people mourn.God makes the earth riseand then fall,just like the River Nile.
6 He built his palace in the heavensand let its foundationsrest on the earth.He scoops up the oceanand empties it on the earth.His name is the Lord.
7 Israel, I am the Lord God,and the Ethiopiansare no less important to methan you are.I brought you out of Egypt,but I also broughtthe Philistines from Creteand the Arameans from Kir.
8 My eyes have seenwhat a sinful nation you are,and I'll wipe you out.But I will leave a fewof Jacob's descendants.I, the Lord, have spoken!
9 At my command, all of youwill be sifted like grain.Israelites who remain faithfulwill be scatteredamong the nations.And the others will be trappedlike rubbish in a sieve.