Strike the capitals of the pillars^(B)
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.^(C)
None of those who flee will get away;^(D)
none of the fugitives will escape.
² If they dig down to Sheol,^(E)
from there my hand will take them;
if they climb up to heaven,^(F)
from there I will bring them down.
³ If they hide
on the top of Carmel,
from there I will track them down^(G)
and seize them;
if they conceal themselves
from my sight on the sea floor,^(H)
from there I will command
the sea serpent to bite them.^(I)
4 And if they are driven
by their enemies into captivity,^(J)
from there I will command
the sword to kill them.^(K)
I will keep my eye on them
for harm and not for good.^(L)

⁷ Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?^(S)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,^[a](T)
and the Arameans from Kir?^(U)
8 Look, the eyes of the Lord God
are on the sinful kingdom,^(V)
and I will obliterate it
from the face of the earth.^(W)
However, I will not totally destroy
the house of Jacob^(X)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
⁹ for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel^(Y)
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
¹⁰ All the sinners among my people^(Z)
who say, “Disaster will never overtake^[b]
or confront us,”^(AA)
will die by the sword.

¹¹ In that day
I will restore the fallen shelter^(AB) of David:^(AC)
I will repair its gaps,
restore its ruins,^(AD)
and rebuild it as in the days of old,^(AE)
12 so that they may possess
the remnant of Edom^(AF)
and all the nations
that bear my name^[c](AG)—
this is the declaration of the Lord; he will do this.