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I saw the Lord standing upon the (
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Which was at Jerusalem :
for he did not appear in the idolatrous places of Israel .(:
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altar :
and he said ,
Smite the lintel of the door ,
that the posts may shake :
and cut them in the Both the most important of them ,
and also the common people .
head ,
all of them ;
and I will slay the last of them with the sword :
he that fleeth of them shall not flee away ,
and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered .
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Though they digge into the hel ,
thence shal mine hande take them :
though they clime vp to heauen ,
thence will I bring them downe .
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And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel ,
I will search and take them out thence ;
and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea ,
thence will I command the (
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He shows that God will declare himself as an enemy to them in all places ,
and that his elements and all his creatures will be enemies to destroy them .(:
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serpent ,
and he shall bite them :
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And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies ,
thence wil I commande the sword ,
and it shall slay them :
and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill ,
and not for good .
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And the Lord God of hosts shall touch the land ,
and it shall melt away , &
amp ;
al that dwel therein shall mourne ,
and it shall rise vp wholy like a flood ,
and shall bee drowned as by the flood of Egypt .
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It is ]
he that buildeth his (
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He declares by the wonderful power of God ,
by the making of the heavens and the elements ,
that it is not possible for man to escape his judgments when he punishes .(:
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stories in the heaven ,
and hath founded his troop in the earth ;
he that calleth for the waters of the sea ,
and poureth them out upon the face of the earth :
The LORD [
is ]
his name .
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Are ]
ye not as children of the Ethiopians (
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Am I more bound to you than to the Ethiopians ,
or other people ?
Yet I have bestowed upon you greater benefits .(:
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unto me ,
O children of Israel ?
saith the LORD .
Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt ?
and the Philistines from Read (
Jer_47
:4 ).
Caphtor ,
and the Syrians from Kir ?
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Behold ,
the eyes of the Lord GOD [
are ]
upon the sinful kingdom ,
and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth ;
saving that I will not utterly (
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Though he destroys the rebellious multitude ,
yet he will always reserve the remnant of his Church to call upon his name .(:
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destroy the house of Jacob ,
saith the LORD .
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For ,
lo ,
I will command ,
and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations ,
like as [
corn ]
is sifted in a sieve ,
yet shall not the (
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Meaning that none of his own would perish in his wrath .(:
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least grain fall upon the earth .
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But all the sinners of my people shall dye by the sword ,
which say ,
The euill shal not come ,
nor hasten for vs .