(1:2-3) God plans to kill every living thing.
(1:2) "I will utterly consume all things from off the land."
(1:3) "I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea."
(1:4-6)
God will "cut off" all those who "have
not sought the Lord" or who worship another god.
(1:4) "I will cut off the remnant of Baal."
(1:5) "And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops."
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(1:6) "And them ... that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him."
(1:7) "The day of the LORD is at hand."
(1:8-11) God will punish
the princes, the king's children, the merchant people, and all such as are clothed with
strange apparel, leap on the threshold, or bear silver.
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(1:8) "I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel."
(1:9) "In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold."
(1:11) "All the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off."
(1:12-13) God doesn't have good night-vision, so he needs candles when he comes to
rob people of their houses, goods, and wine.
(1:12) "I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men ... that say in their heart,
The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil."
(1:13) "Their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses,
but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof."
(1:14) "The great day of the LORD is near."
(1:17-18) God will "bring distress upon men" so that they "walk like blind men."
He will pour out their blood like dust and "their flesh as dung."
(1:17) "I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their
blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung."
(1:18) "The whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land."