耶和华的审判
1我看见主站在祭坛旁，祂说：
“要击打柱顶，使殿的根基震动；
要打碎柱顶，使殿宇坍塌压死众人。
侥幸生还的，我要用刀剑杀掉，
没有一个能逃脱，没有一个能幸免。
2即使他们挖洞钻进阴间，
我也要把他们揪出来；
即使他们爬上高天，
我也要把他们拉下来；
3即使他们藏在迦密山的峰顶，
我也要去搜寻，捉住他们；
即使他们潜到海底，
我也要派海蛇去吞咬他们；
4即使他们被敌人掳去，
我也要命刀剑追杀他们。
我要定睛在他们身上，
不是要赐福而是要降祸。”
5主——万军之耶和华触摸大地，
大地就消融，地上的人都要哀号；
大地如埃及的尼罗河涨起退落。
6那位在天上建造楼阁，
在大地之上立定穹苍，
召来海水浇在大地上的——
祂的名字是耶和华。
7耶和华说：
“以色列人啊，
在我眼中，你们不是和古实人一样吗？
我不是领你们出埃及，
也领非利士人出迦斐托9:7 “迦斐托”即克里特岛。，
领亚兰人出吉珥吗？
8主耶和华的眼目察看这罪恶的国家，
我要从地上除灭它，
但不会完全毁灭雅各家。
这是耶和华说的。
9“因为我要下令在列国中筛以色列家，
就像人筛谷物，一粒石子也不会落在地上。
10在我的子民中，
所有夸口说‘灾祸不会追上我们，也不会迎面而来’的罪人，
都要死在刀下。
以色列的复兴
11“到那日，
我要重建已倾覆的大卫王朝，
修补它城墙的缺口。
我要从废墟中重建它，
恢复它往日的荣耀。
12这样，以色列人必拥有以东所剩的和所有属于我名下的国家。
这是要成就这事的耶和华说的。”
13耶和华说：
“时候将到，
五谷还未收完又该耕种了，
葡萄还未踩完又该栽种了。
甜酒从群山上滴下，在丘岭间流淌。
14我要使我被掳的以色列子民返回故乡，
他们要重建废城并住在城中，
栽种葡萄园，喝园中酿出的美酒，
整理园圃，吃园中出产的佳果。
15我要将以色列人栽种在他们自己的土地上，
永不再从我赐给他们的土地上拔除他们。”
这是你们的上帝耶和华说的。
Israel to be destroyed
1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:
‘Strike the tops of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads of all the people;
those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
none will escape.
2Though they dig down to the depths below,
from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,
from there I will bring them down.
3Though 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.
4Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
there I will command the sword to slay them.
‘I will keep my eye on them
for harm and not for good.’
5The 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;
6he builds his lofty palace9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. in the heavens
and sets its foundation9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land –
the Lord is his name.
7‘Are not you Israelites
the same to me as the Cushites9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region?’
declares the Lord.
‘Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor9:7 That is, Crete
and the Arameans from Kir?
8‘Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
the descendants of Jacob,’
declares the Lord.
9‘For I will give the command,
and I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
and not a pebble will reach the ground.
10All the sinners among my people
will die by the sword,
all those who say,
“Disaster will not overtake or meet us.”
Israel’s restoration
11‘In that day
‘I will restore David’s fallen shelter –
I will repair its broken walls
and restore its ruins –
and will rebuild it as it used to be,
12so that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and all the nations that bear my name,9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me’
declares the Lord, who will do these things.
13‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord,
‘when the reaper will be overtaken by the ploughman
and the planter by the one treading grapes.
New wine will drip from the mountains
and flow from all the hills,
14and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel
‘They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink their wine;
they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
15I will plant Israel in their own land,
never again to be uprooted
from the land I have given them,’
says the Lord your God.
