1. I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and the Lord said:Strike the pillars until the foundations shake,shatter them on the heads of all the people.With the sword, I will kill the last of them;not one of them will flee,not one of them will escape.
2. If they dig through into the underworld,from there my hand will take them.If they climb up to the heavens,from there I will bring them down.
3. If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,I will search for them there and remove them.If they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,I will give an order to the sea serpent, and it will bite them.
4. If they are forced from their homes before their enemies,there I will give an order to the sword, and it will kill them.I will fix my eyes on themfor harm and not for good.
5. The Lord, God of heavenly forces,touches the earth and it melts,and all who live in it are sick to death.All of it rises up like the Nileand sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt.
6. It is the Lord who builds his upper rooms in the heavensand establishes his residence upon the earth;who summons the waters of the sea,and pours them out upon the face of the earth—the Lord is his name.