“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.”
The vision of the LORD standing beside the altar with a command to strike the capitals until the thresholds shake indicates the attack on the very heart of Israel's religious institution. The earthquake imagery suggests the destruction of the Temple and the religious order.
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