The power, and goodnesse of God.

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I saw the Lord standing vpon the altar, and he said, Smite the ^note lintell of the doore, that the posts may shake: and ^note cut them in the head all of them, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: hee that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered.

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^noteThough they digge into hell, thence shall mine hand take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.

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And though they hide themselues in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence, and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the Sea, thence will I commaund the serpent, and he shall bite them.

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And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence will I commaund the sword, and it shall slay them: and ^note I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.

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And the Lord God of hostes is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwelleth therein shall mourne, and it shall rise vp wholly like a flood, and shall be drowned as by the flood of Egypt.

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It is he that buildeth his ^{note note} stories in the heauen, and hath founded his ^note troupe in the earth, he that ^note calleth for the waters of the Sea, and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth: the Lord is his name.

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Are yee not as children of the Ethiopians vnto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? haue not I brought vp Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the ^note Philistines from Caphtor, The power, and goodnesse of God. and the Syrians from Kir?

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Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are vpon the sinfull kingdome, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; sauing that I will not vtterly destroy the house of Iacob, saith the Lord.

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For loe, I will commaund, and I will ^note sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a sieue, yet shall not the least ^note graine fall vpon the earth.

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All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say: The euill shall not ouertake nor preuent vs.

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¶ In that day will I raise vp the ^note tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen, and ^note close vp the breaches thereof, and I will raise vp his ruines, and I will build it as in the dayes of old;

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That they may possesse the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen; ^note which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doth this.

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Behold, the daies come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall ouertake the reaper, ∧ the treader of grapes him that ^note soweth seede, and the mountaines shall drop ^{note note} sweete wine, and all the hils shall melt.

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And I will bring againe the captiuitie of my people of Israel: and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drinke the wine thereof: they shall also make gardens, and eate the fruite of them.

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And I will plant them vpon their land, and they shall no more be pulled vp out of their land, which I haue giuen them, saith the Lord thy God.

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