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1 Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
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Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare and making it desolate. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
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people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
3 The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
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The earth will be stripped completely bare and will be totally plundered, for the Lord has spoken this message.
4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
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The earth mourns and withers; the world wastes away and withers; the exalted people of the earth waste away.
5 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
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The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
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Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants have become guilty; the earth's inhabitants have been burned, and only a few survive.
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
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The new wine mourns; the vine withers. All the carousers now groan.
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
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The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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They no longer sing and drink wine; beer is bitter to those who drink it.
10 The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
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The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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In the streets they cry for wine. All joy grows dark; earth's rejoicing goes into exile.
12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
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Only desolation remains in the city; its gate has collapsed in ruins.
13 For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
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For this is how it will be on earth among the nations: like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
14 These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.
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They raise their voices, they sing out; they proclaim in the west the majesty of the Lord.
15 Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
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Therefore in the east honor the Lord! In the islands of the west [honor] the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
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From the ends of the earth we hear songs: The Splendor of the Righteous One. But I said, "I waste away! I waste away! Woe is me." The treacherous act treacherously; the treacherous deal very treacherously.
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
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Terror, pit, and snare [await] you who dwell on 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 on high 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, and whoever escapes from the pit will be caught in a snare. For the windows are opened from above, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
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The earth is completely devastated; the earth is split open; the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
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The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a hut. Earth's rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
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On that day the Lord will punish the host of heaven above and kings of the earth below.
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.
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They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon; after many days they will be punished.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
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The moon will be put to shame and the sun disgraced, because the Lord of Hosts will reign as king on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, and He will [display His] glory in the presence of His elders.
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