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 plowman
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.
耶和華的審判
1我看見主站在祭壇旁，祂說：
「你要擊打柱頂，使殿的根基震動；
要打碎它們，使殿宇坍塌壓死眾人。
僥倖生還的，我要用刀劍殺掉，
無人能逃脫，無人能倖免。
2即使他們挖洞鑽進陰間，
我也要把他們揪出來；
即使他們爬上高天，
我也要把他們拉下來；
3即使他們藏在迦密山的峰頂，
我也要去搜尋，捉住他們；
即使他們潛到海底，
我也要派海蛇去吞咬他們；
4即使他們被敵人擄去，
我也要命刀劍追殺他們。
我要定睛在他們身上，
不是要賜福而是要降禍。」
5主——萬軍之耶和華觸摸大地，
大地就消融，地上的人都要哀號；
大地如埃及的尼羅河漲起退落。
6那位在天上建造樓閣，
在大地之上立定穹蒼，
召來海水澆在大地上的——
祂的名字是耶和華。
7耶和華說：
「以色列人啊，
在我眼中，你們不是和古實人一樣嗎？
我不是領你們出埃及，
領非利士人出迦斐托9·7 「迦斐托」即克里特島。，
領亞蘭人出吉珥嗎？
8主耶和華的眼目察看這罪惡的國家，
我要從地上除滅它，
但不會完全毀滅雅各家。
這是耶和華說的。
9「因為我要下令在萬國中篩以色列家，
就像人篩穀物，一粒石子也不會落在地上。
10在我的子民中，
所有誇口說『災禍不會追上我們，也不會迎面而來』的罪人，
都要死在刀下。
以色列的復興
11「到那日，
我要重建大衛已傾覆的棚子，
修補它城牆的缺口。
我要從廢墟中重建它，
恢復它往日的榮耀。
12這樣，以色列人必擁有以東所剩的和所有屬於我名下的國家。
這是要成就這事的耶和華說的。」
13耶和華說：
「時候將到，
五穀還未收完又該耕種了，
葡萄還未踩完又該栽種了。
甜酒從群山上滴下，在丘嶺間流淌。
14我要使我被擄的以色列子民返鄉，
他們要重建廢城並住在城中，
栽種葡萄園，喝園中釀出的美酒，
整理園圃，吃園中出產的佳果。
15我要將以色列人栽種在他們自己的土地上，
他們永不再從我賜給他們的土地上被剷除。」
這是你們的上帝耶和華說的。
