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12 Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
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The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.
13 For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the vintage is done.
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So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west.
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They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; in the coastlands of the sea, to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, "I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! For the treacherous deal treacherously, the treacherous deal very treacherously."
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From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!”
17 Terror, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
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Terror and pit and snare await you, people of the earth.
18 He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
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Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
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The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth staggers like a drunken man, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.
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The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls—never to rise again.
21 On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
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In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
22 They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
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They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.
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