Israel Will Be Destroyed
1I saw the Lord standing next to the altar in the temple. He said to me,
“Strike the tops of the temple pillars.
Then the heavy stones at the base of the entrance will shake.
Bring everything down on the heads of everyone there.
I will kill with my swords
those who are left alive.
None of the Israelites will escape.
None will get away.
2They might dig down deep.
But my powerful hand will take them out of there.
They might climb up to the heavens.
But I will bring them down from there.
3They might hide on top of Mount Carmel.
But I will hunt them down
and grab them.
They might hide from me at the bottom of the ocean.
But even there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4Their enemies might take them away
as prisoners to another country.
But there I will command Israel’s enemies
to cut them down with swords.
I will keep my eye on Israel to harm them.
I will not help them.”
5The Lord rules over all.
The Lord touches the earth, and it melts.
Everyone who lives in it mourns.
The whole land rises like the Nile River.
Then it settles back down again
like that river in Egypt.
6The Lord builds his palace high in the heavens.
He lays its foundation on the earth.
He sends for the waters in the clouds.
Then he pours them out on the surface of the land.
His name is the Lord.
7“You Israelites are just like
the people of Cush to me,”
announces the Lord.
“I brought Israel up from Egypt.
I also brought the Philistines from Crete
and the Arameans from Kir.
8“I am the Lord and King.
My eyes are watching the sinful kingdom of Israel.
I will wipe it off the face of the earth.
But I will not totally destroy the people of Jacob,”
announces the Lord.
9“I will give an order.
I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations.
They will be like grain that is shaken through a screen.
Not a pebble will fall to the ground.
10All the sinners among my people
will be killed by swords.
They say, ‘Nothing bad will ever happen to us.’
Israel Will Be Made Like New Again
11“The time will come when I will set up
David’s fallen shelter.
I will repair its broken walls.
I will rebuild what was destroyed.
I will make it what it used to be.
12Then my people will take control of those
who are left alive in Edom.
They will also possess all the nations
that belong to me,”
announces the Lord.
He will do all these things.
13“The days are coming,” announces the Lord.
“At that time those who plow the land
will catch up with those who harvest the crops.
Those who stomp on grapes
will catch up with those who plant the vines.
Fresh wine will drip from the mountains.
It will flow down from all the hills.
14I will bring my people Israel back home.
I will bless them with great success again.
They will rebuild the destroyed cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce.
They will make gardens and eat their fruit.
15I will plant Israel in their own land.
They will never again be removed
from the land I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Israeli Kuangamizwa
19:1 Za 68:21; Yer 11:11Nilimwona Bwana akiwa amesimama kando ya madhabahu, naye akasema:
“Piga vichwa vya nguzo
ili vizingiti vitikisike.
Viangushe juu ya vichwa vya watu wote;
na wale watakaosalia nitawaua kwa upanga.
Hakuna awaye yote atakayekimbia,
hakuna atakayetoroka.
29:2 Za 139:8-10; Ay 20:6; 7:9; Yer 51:33; Oba 1:4; Eze 26:20Wajapojichimbia chini mpaka kwenye vina vya kuzimu,
kutoka huko mkono wangu utawatoa.
Wajapopanda juu hadi kwenye mbingu,
kutoka huko nitawashusha.
39:3 Yer 23:24; 6:16-17; Za 139:8-10; 68:22; Mwa 49:17; Ay 11:20Wajapojificha juu ya kilele cha Karmeli,
huko nitawawinda na kuwakamata.
Wajapojificha kutoka kwenye uso wangu
katika vilindi vya bahari,
huko nako nitaamuru joka kuwauma.
49:4 Law 26:33; 17:10; Eze 5:12; 15:7; Kum 28:65; Yer 39:16; 21:10; 44:11Wajapopelekwa uhamishoni na adui zao,
huko nako nitaamuru upanga uwaue.
Nitawakazia macho yangu kwa mabaya
wala si kwa mazuri.”
59:5 Za 46:2; Amo 8:8; Mik 1:4Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
yeye agusaye dunia nayo ikayeyuka,
na wote wakaao ndani mwake wakaomboleza:
nayo nchi yote huinuka kama Naili,
kisha hushuka kama mto wa Misri;
69:6 Za 104:1-3, 5-13; Amo 5:8; Yer 43:9yeye ambaye hujenga jumba lake la kifalme katika mbingu
na kuisimika misingi yake juu ya dunia,
yeye aitaye maji ya bahari
na kuyamwaga juu ya uso wa nchi:
Bwana ndilo jina lake.
79:7 2Nya 12:3; Kum 2:23; Isa 43:3; 22:6; 2Fal 16:9; Yer 47:4; Amo 1:5; Mwa 10:14“Je, Waisraeli,
ninyi si sawa kwangu kama Wakushi?”
asema Bwana.
“Je, sikuleta Israeli kutoka Misri,
Wafilisti kutoka Kaftori,9:7 Yaani Krete.
na Washamu kutoka Kiri?
89:8 Yer 30:11; 44:27; Za 11:4“Hakika macho ya Bwana Mwenyezi
yako juu ya ufalme wenye dhambi.
Nami nitauangamiza
kutoka kwenye uso wa dunia:
hata hivyo sitaiangamiza kabisa
nyumba ya Yakobo,”
asema Bwana.
99:9 Lk 22:31; Isa 30:28; Yer 31:36; Dan 9:7“Kwa kuwa nitatoa amri,
na nitaipepeta nyumba ya Israeli
miongoni mwa mataifa yote,
kama vile nafaka ipepetwavyo katika ungo,
na hakuna hata punje moja itakayoanguka chini.
109:10 Yer 5:12; 23:17; 49:37; Eze 20:38; Amo 6:3Watenda dhambi wote miongoni mwa watu wangu
watauawa kwa upanga,
wale wote wasemao,
‘Maafa hayatatupata wala kutukuta.’
Kurejezwa Kwa Israeli
119:11 Mdo 15:16; Mik 7:8-11; Zek 12:7; Isa 7:2; 49:8; Mwa 26:22; Eze 17:24“Katika siku ile nitaisimamisha
hema ya Daudi iliyoanguka.
Nitakarabati mahali palipobomoka
na kujenga upya magofu yake,
na kuijenga kama ilivyokuwa awali,
129:12 Hes 24:18; Isa 43:7; Oba 1:19; Yer 25:29; Mdo 15:16-17ili wapate kuyamiliki mabaki ya Edomu,
na mataifa yote yale yanayobeba Jina langu,”
asema Bwana ambaye atafanya mambo haya.
139:13 Law 26:5; Amu 9:27; Yoe 3:18; 2:24; Yer 31:38; 33:14; Rut 2:3“Siku zinakuja,” asema Bwana,
“wakati mvunaji atatanguliwa na mkulima,
naye mpanzi atatanguliwa na yeye akamuaye zabibu.
Divai mpya itadondoka kutoka milimani,
na kutiririka kutoka vilima vyote.
149:14 Isa 32:18; 49:8; 62:9; 61:4; Eze 34:13-14; Yer 29:14; 33:7; 30:18Nitawarejesha tena watu wangu Israeli waliohamishwa;
wataijenga tena miji iliyoachwa magofu,
nao wataishi ndani mwake.
Watapanda mizabibu na kunywa divai yake;
watalima bustani na kula matunda yake.
159:15 Kut 15:17; Isa 60:21; 65:9; Yer 18:9; 23:8; 3:18; 24:6; 32:15; Eze 28:26; 34:28; Yoe 3:20Nitaipanda Israeli katika nchi yao wenyewe,
hawatangʼolewa tena
kutoka nchi ambayo nimewapa,”
asema Bwana Mungu wenu.
