רָאִיתִי אֶת־אֲדֹנָי נִצָּב עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיֹּאמֶר הַךְ הַכַּפְתּוֹר ויִרְעֲשׁוּ הַסִּפִּים וּבְצָעַם בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָּם וְאַחֲרִיתָם בַּחֶרֶב אֶהֱרֹג לֹא־יָנוּס לָהֶם נָס וְלֹא־יִמָּלֵט לָהֶם פָּלִיט

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and He said: Strike the apex, the upper edge of the Temple structure, and the Temple thresholds underneath will shake. Shatter those who are at the head of all of them, the political leadership, or the priests, and then I will kill the rest of them, the people, with the sword; no fugitive will flee from them and no refugee will escape, as every last one will be killed.

אִם־יַחְתְּרוּ בִשְׁאוֹל מִשָּׁם יָדִי תִקָּחֵם וְאִם־יַעֲלוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם מִשָּׁם אוֹרִידֵם

If they dig into the netherworld to hide there, from there My hand will take them and if they ascend heavenward, from there will I take them down.

וְאִם־יֵחָבְאוּ בְּרֹאשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל מִשָּׁם אֲחַפֵּשׂ וּלְקַחְתִּים וְאִם־יִסָּתְרוּ מִנֶּגֶד עֵינַי בְּקַרְקַע הַיָּם מִשָּׁם אֲצַוֶּה אֶת־הַנָּחָשׁ וּנְשָׁכָם

If they hide themselves atop the Carmel, from there I will search and take them, and if they are hidden from My eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the sea serpent, probably a reference to the leviathan, or a sea monster, and it will bite them. None will escape the decree.

וְאִם־יֵלְכוּ בַשְּׁבִי לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיהֶם מִשָּׁם אֲצַוֶּה אֶת־הַחֶרֶב וַהֲרָגָתַם וְשַׂמְתִּי עֵינִי עֲלֵיהֶם לְרָעָה וְלֹא לְטוֹבָה

If they go into captivity before their enemies, even from there I will command the sword and it will kill them; I will set My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.

וַה' אֱלוֹהִים הַצְּבָאוֹת הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ וַתָּמוֹג וְאָבְלוּ כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ וְעָלְתָה כַיְאֹר כֻּלָּהּ וְשָׁקְעָה כִּיאֹר מִצְרָיִם

The Lord, the Lord of hosts, who touches the land and immediately it melts, and all its inhabitants will mourn; and it will all rise up like the Nile, as it will be flooded, and it will sink like the Nile of Egypt. God will bring about all of these calamities, as He fulfills His word.

הַבּוֹנֶה בַשָּׁמַיִם מַעֲלוֹתָו וַאֲגֻדָּתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ יְסָדָהּ הַקֹּרֵא לְמֵי־הַיָּם וַיִּשְׁפְּכֵם עַל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ ה' שְׁמוֹ

Who builds His upper chambers in the heavens and has established His coterie, groups of living creatures, upon the earth; who calls the waters of the sea and will pour them on the face of the earth, the Lord is His name. He established the entire world and He can uproot it if He so desires.

הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־ה' הֲלוֹא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעֱלֵיתִי מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּים מִכַּפְתּוֹר ואֲרָם מִקִּיר

Are you not like the children of the Kushites to Me, children of Israel? You are no more privileged before Me than the descendants of Kush, the firstborn of Ham; this is the utterance of the Lord. Did I not take Israel up from the land of Egypt, which you perceive as a sign of your uniqueness? However, even in this regard, you are not special: And the Philistines, also descendants of Ham, I brought up from Kaftor. The Philistines were not native inhabitants of Israel; rather, they arrived from the island of Crete. And I also brought up Aram to its land from Kir, its place of origin. I treated several nations similarly; you are not unique.

הִנֵּה עֵינֵי ה' אֱלוֹהִים בַּמַּמְלָכָה הַחַטָּאָה וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי אֹתָהּ מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא הַשְׁמֵיד אַשְׁמִיד אֶת־בֵּית יַעֲקֹב נְאֻם־ה'

Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are placed upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from upon the face of the earth. However, you should know that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob; this is the utterance of the Lord. Although the other nations ultimately will not survive, there is hope for you. You will be stricken and exiled, but you will not be entirely destroyed.

כִּי־הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה וַהֲנִעוֹתִי בְכָל־הַגּוֹיִם אֶת־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר יִנּוֹעַ בַּכְּבָרָה וְלֹא־יִפּוֹל צְרוֹר אָרֶץ

For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations by forcing Israel to wander in their lands, as if it is shaken in a sieve, and yet not a kernel of grain will fall to the ground. Although the kernels are shaken inside the sieve and the thin refuse falls away, the kernels remain inside.

בַּחֶרֶב יָמוּתוּ כֹּל חַטָּאֵי עַמִּי הָאֹמְרִים לֹא־תַגִּישׁ וְתַקְדִּים בַּעֲדֵינוּ הָרָעָה

By the sword will die all the sinners of My people who say: The misfortune will not come upon us more quickly.

בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָקִים אֶת־סֻכַּת דָּוִיד הַנֹּפֶלֶת וְגָדַרְתִּי אֶת־פִּרְצֵיהֶן וַהֲרִסֹתָיו אָקִים וּבְנִיתִיהָ כִּימֵי עוֹלָם

On that day, I will raise the booth of David that is fallen, either the collapsing Davidic dynasty or the City of David. In its current state, it is like a temporary hut on the verge of collapse, but in the future, it will be rebuilt. I will repair their breaches in their walls, their ruins will I raise, and I will build it as in days of old. The Davidic dynasty, or the City of David, will be restored to its former glory,

לְמַעַן יִירְשׁוּ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִית אֱדוֹם וְכָל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם נְאֻם־ה' עֹשֶׂה זֹּאת

so that they upon whom My name is called, Israel, will inherit the remnant of Edom and all the nations; this is the utterance of the Lord who does this.

הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם־ה' וְנִגַּשׁ חוֹרֵשׁ בַּקֹּצֵר וְדֹרֵךְ עֲנָבִים בְּמֹשֵׁךְ הַזָּרַע וְהִטִּיפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס וְכָל־הַגְּבָעוֹת תִּתְמוֹגַגְנָה

Behold, days are coming; this is the utterance of the Lord. And the plowman will encounter the reaper during their labor. The land will be so fertile that the season for plowing will overlap with the harvest. The grape treader will overtake the sower of seed. Generally, there are several months between the treading of grapes at the end of the summer and the planting season. However, in the future they too will overlap. And the mountains will drip nectar, or juice from other fruits, and all the hills will melt, as choice fruit will flow down the mountainside.

וְשַׁבְתִּי אֶת־שְׁבוּת עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבָנוּ עָרִים נְשַׁמּוֹת ויָשָׁבוּ וְנָטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְשָׁתוּ אֶת־יֵינָם וְעָשׂוּ גַנּוֹת וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־פְּרִיהֶם

I will return the captives of My people Israel and they will build the desolate cities, and they will inhabit them; they will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will till gardens and eat their fruits.

וּנְטַעְתִּים עַל־אַדְמָתָם וְלֹא יִנָּתְשׁוּ עוֹד מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם אָמַר ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ

I will plant them and establish them permanently upon their land, and they will not be uprooted from their land that I gave them, said the Lord your God. After the punishment of the wicked, those who are left will merit to see the reestablishment of the Davidic dynasty, as well as the blessing of the land, and they will be supported by its bounty forever.