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1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty,
and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth
abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2
And it shall be, as
with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with
his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the
buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the
borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury
to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly
spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4
The earth
mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and
fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5
The
earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they
have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the
everlasting covenant. 6
Therefore hath the curse
devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate:
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men
left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all
the merryhearted do sigh. 8
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink
shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10
The city of
confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may
come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the
streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12
In
the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with
destruction.
13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the
land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an
olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is
done. 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing
for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15
Wherefore
glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD
God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard
songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My
leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have
dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very
treacherously. 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are
upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18
And it shall
come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear
shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of
the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high
are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. 19
The
earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly. 20
The earth shall reel to
and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and
the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall
fall, and not rise again. 21
And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the
high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon
the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as
prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the
prison, and after many days shall they be visited. 23
Then
the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD
of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before
his ancients gloriously.
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