3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,there I will hunt them down and seize them.Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,there I will command the sword to slay them.‘I will keep my eye on themfor harm and not for good.’
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty –he touches the earth and it melts,and all who live in it mourn;the whole land rises like the Nile,then sinks like the river of Egypt;
6 he builds his lofty palace in the heavensand sets its foundation on the earth;he calls for the waters of the seaand pours them out over the face of the land –the Lord is his name.
7 ‘Are not you Israelitesthe same to me as the Cushites?’declares the Lord.‘Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,the Philistines from Caphtorand the Arameans from Kir?
8 ‘Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lordare on the sinful kingdom.I will destroy itfrom the face of the earth.Yet I will not totally destroythe descendants of Jacob,’declares the Lord.
9 ‘For I will give the command,and I will shake the people of Israelamong all the nationsas grain is shaken in a sieve,and not a pebble will reach the ground.