I will bringupon Elamthe fourwindsFrom the fourendsof heaven,And will scatterthem to allthesewinds;And therewill be nonationTo whichthe outcastsof Elamwill not go.
The LORDbuildsup Jerusalem;He gathersthe outcastsof Israel.
And He will liftup a standardfor the nationsAnd assemblethe banishedones of Israel,And will gatherthe dispersedof JudahFrom the fourcornersof the earth.
It will comeabout also in that daythat a greattrumpetwill be blown,and those who were perishingin the landof Assyriaand who were scatteredin the landof Egyptwill comeand worshipthe LORDin the holymountainat Jerusalem.
The LordGOD,who gathersthe dispersedof Israel,declares,"Yet[others] I will gatherto them, to those [already] gathered."
For I will restoreyou to healthAnd I will healyou of your wounds,'declaresthe LORD,'Becausethey have calledyou an outcast,saying: "It is Zion;noonecaresfor her."'
"Their camelswill becomeplunder,And their manycattlefor booty,And I will scatterto allthe windsthose who cutthe corners[of their hair]; And I will bringtheir disasterfrom everyside,"declaresthe LORD.
Therefore,fatherswill eat[their] sonsamongyou, and sonswill eattheir fathers;for I will executejudgmentson you and scatterallyour remnantto everywind.
Onethirdof you will dieby plagueor be consumedby famineamongyou, onethirdwill fallby the swordaroundyou, and onethirdI will scatterto everywind,and I will unsheathea swordbehindthem.
"But as soon as he has arisen,his kingdomwill be brokenup and parceledout toward the fourpointsof the compass,though not to his [own] descendants,noraccording to his authoritywhichhe wielded,for his sovereigntywill be uprootedand [given] to othersbesidesthem.
"The broken[horn] and the four[horns that] arosein its place[represent] fourkingdoms[which] will arisefrom [his] nation,although not with his power.
Then the malegoatmagnified[himself] exceedingly.But as soon as he was mighty,the largehornwas broken;and in its placethere cameup fourconspicuous[horns] toward the fourwindsof heaven.
"For behold,I am commanding,And I will shakethe houseof Israelamong allnationsAs [grain] is shakenin a sieve,But not a kernelwill fallto the ground.
The angelrepliedto me, "Theseare the fourspiritsof heaven,goingforthafterstandingbeforethe Lordof allthe earth,
"The LORDshall causeyou to be defeatedbeforeyour enemies;you will goout onewayagainstthem, but you will fleesevenwaysbeforethem, and you will be [an example of] terrorto allthe kingdomsof the earth.
"Moreover, the LORDwill scatteryou among allpeoples,from one endof the earthto the other endof the earth;and thereyou shall serveothergods,woodand stone,whichyou or your fathershave not known.
AfterthisI sawfourangelsstandingat the fourcornersof the earth,holding backthe fourwindsof the earth,sothat nowindwould blowon the earthoron the seaoron anytree.
