KJV ORIGINAL
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
I saw the Lord standing right there on the altar, and he said, 'Strike the top of the doorframe so hard that the whole building shakes. Cut down everyone inside — I mean everyone. I'll finish off whoever's left with the sword. No one's running away from this, no one's getting out safe.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes God's judgment is final — there's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
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