The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 Look! ADONAI is stripping and destroying the land, turning it upside down and scattering its inhabitants
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Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2 cohen and commoner, slave and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
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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 will be completely stripped, completely plundered, for ADONAI has spoken this word.
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The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 The land fades and withers, the world wilts and withers, the exalted of the land languish.
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The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5 The land lies defiled under its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the teachings, changed the law and broken the everlasting covenant.
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The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse is devouring the land, and its inhabitants are punished for their guilt. It is why those living there waste away, and the people left are few.
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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 fails, the vines wilt, all the revelers sigh,
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The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8 the happy sound of tambourines ceases, the shouts of merrymakers are stilled, the joy of the lyre ends.
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The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 They no longer sing as they drink their wine, strong liquor tastes bitter to those drinking it.
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They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 The city of chaos is shattered, every house closed up; no one can enter.
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The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11 In the streets they are crying over the wine; all joy has faded, cheer has left the land.
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There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12 In the city, only desolation, its gates are battered beyond repair.
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In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 Around the earth, among the peoples, it will be as when beating an olive tree, as when gleaning the grapes at the end of the harvest.
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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 lift their voices, singing for joy, shouting from the west to honor ADONAI.
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They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 So in the east, honor ADONAI ; in the coastlands, honor the name of ADONAI, the God of Isra'el.
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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 farthest part of the earth we have heard them sing, "Glory to the Righteous One!" But, I say, I'm wasting away, I am wasting away! Woe to me! Traitors betray! Oh, how the traitors betray and betray!
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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 Terror, pit and trap are upon you, you who are living on earth.
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 He who flees at the sound of terror will fall into the pit. He who climbs up out of the pit will be caught in the trap. For the windows above have been opened, and the earth's foundations shake.
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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 cracks and breaks open, the earth crumbles to pieces, the earth trembles and totters.
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The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth staggers to and fro like a drunk, sways back and forth like a watchman's shelter; its transgression weighs heavy upon it; it will fall and not rise again.
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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 When that day comes, ADONAI will punish the armies of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth here on earth.
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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 They will be assembled like prisoners in a dungeon and shut up in prison to be punished many years.
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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 will be confused and the sun ashamed, for ADONAI-Tzva'ot will rule on Mount Tziyon and in Yerushalayim, with his glory manifest to the rulers of his people.
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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.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The King James Version is in the public domain.