⁵ The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(A)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(B)
6 he builds his lofty palace^[a](C) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation^[b] 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.^(D)

⁷ “Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[c]?”^(E)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(F) from Caphtor^[d](G)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(H)

⁸ “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy^(I) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.^(J)
9 “For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain^(K) is shaken in a sieve,^(L)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.^(M)
10 All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,^(N)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’^(O)