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If they hide themselves on (A)the top of Carmel,
    from there I will search them out and take them;
(B)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
    there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
(C)And if they go into captivity before their enemies,
    there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
(D)and I will fix my eyes upon them
    for evil and not for good.”
The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and (E)it melts,
    and all who dwell in it mourn,
(F)and all of it rises like the Nile,
    (G)and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;

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Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(A)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.(B)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(C)
    there I will command the serpent(D) to bite them.(E)
Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(F) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(G) and not for good.(H)(I)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,(J)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;(K)

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