5 The Lord God of Hosts,He who touches the earth and it melts,and all who live on it mourn;it all rises up like the Nile,and subsides like the river of Egypt;
6 who builds His chambers in the heavens,and founds His vault over the earth;who summons the waters of the sea,and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—the Lord is His name.
7 Are you not like the Ethiopians to Me,O children of Israel?says the Lord.Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt,but also the Philistines from Caphtor,and the Arameans from Kir?
8 The eyes of the Lord Godare upon the sinful kingdom,and I will destroy itfrom off the face of the earth,though I will not completely destroythe house of Jacob,says the Lord.
9 See, I am giving the command,and I will sift the house of Israelamong all the nations,as one sifts with a sieve,and not a pebble falls to the ground.
10 All the sinners of My peoplewill die by the sword,those who say,“Never will disaster reach or overtakeus.”
11 On that day will I raise upthe hut of David that is fallen;I will close up its breached walls,raise up its ruins,and rebuild it as in the days of old;