9:1 I saw 
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.
9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
9:3 And 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:
9:4 And 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.
9:5 And the Sovereign 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.
9:6 It 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: is his name.
9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith .
Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor,
and the Syrians from Kir?
9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Sovereign 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 .
9:9 For, 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.
9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
9:11 In 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:
9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are
called by my name, saith that doeth this.
9:13 Behold, the days come, saith , 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.
9:14 And 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.
9:15 And 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 thy Elohim. .