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2Though they dig down to the depths of the grave,Hebrew to Sheol
from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens,
from there I will bring them down.

3Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
there I will hunt them down and seize them.
Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent to bite them.

4Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
there I will command the sword to slay them.
I will fix my eyes upon them
for evil and not for good.”

5The Lord, the LORD Almighty,
he who touches the earth and it melts,
and all who live in it mourn—
the whole land rises like the Nile,
then sinks like the river of Egypt—

6he who builds his lofty palaceThe meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. in the heavens
and sets its foundationThe meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. on the earth,
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land—
the LORD is his name.

7“Are not you Israelites
the same to me as the CushitesThat is, people from the upper Nile region?”
declares the LORD.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
the Philistines from CaphtorThat is, Crete
and the Arameans from Kir?

8“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign LORD
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth—
yet I will not totally destroy
the house of Jacob,”
declares the LORD.