The answer of the Lord

His past offenses I will forgive,
And bring in peace for all;
But if he will not, I will tell his lot;
My threatenings shall appear:
My anger, if he does not mind it,
My vengeance he shall bear.
Did I come down from heaven's high throne,
And make a world below?
Out of confusion all was made;
The Earth you do not know,
In what disorder all was found,
And darkness did appear:
I say there was no solid ground,
But all was chaos a state of utter confusion or lack of order here.
But this to men I will now explain,
As you do not understand:
But near to your sister's house, A piece of ground at the foot of a hill, near a spring of water, which was called a soddy place, or bog. When any person puts his foot upon the edge, the whole ground shakes for a quarter of an acre. In wet weather it is not passable.

You may the whole command.
A likeness there does so appear,
You know the ground does shake;
And so did all the globe appear,
When I began to take
The cause in hand, and formed man,
Out of the native dust;
Then solid ground I made the land,
And Earth in order placed.
The grass to grow, you all shall know,
Was quickly formed by me;
Then I created living beasts,
And formed the lofty trees.
As men began to multiply,
Their talents natural abilities or gifts I improved;
And so I made the raging sea,
And bounds I set of love.
The dry land here that does appear
Must perish with its drought prolonged period of low rainfall,
If I the clouds had not prepared
To come from heaven's height
The sea to draw, you all shall know,
To wet the barren ground:
For barren soon must be all below
If that no rain was found.
For all shall see the rain is from ME;
And when I do not appear,
Your scorching fields you soon do see,
How all do wither here.