1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar. And he said:Strike the capitalsso that the threshold shakes!Break them off on the heads of them all!Those who are left I will slay with the sword.Not one shall get away,no survivor shall escape.
2 Though they dig down to Sheol,even from there my hand shall take them;Though they climb to the heavens,even from there I shall bring them down.
3 Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,there too I will hunt them down and take them;Though they hide from my gaze at the bottom of the sea,there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies,there I will command the sword to slay them.I will fix my gaze upon themfor evil and not for good.
5 The Lord God of hosts,Who melts the earth with his touch,so that all who dwell on it mourn,So that it will all rise up like the Nile,and subside like the river of Egypt;