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1. Look, the LORD is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
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1. Behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 maketh the earth empty H1238 H776 , and maketh it waste H1110 , and turneth it upside down H5753 H6440 , and scattereth abroad H6327 the inhabitants H3427 thereof.
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2. Everyone will suffer� the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.
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2. And it shall be H1961 , as with the people H5971 , so with the priest H3548 ; as with the servant H5650 , so with his master H113 ; as with the maid H8198 , so with her mistress H1404 ; as with the buyer H7069 , so with the seller H4376 ; as with the lender H3867 , so with the borrower H3867 ; as with the taker of usury H5383 , so H834 with the giver of usury H5378 to him.
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3. The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the LORD has decreed this judgment.
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3. The land H776 shall be utterly emptied H1238 H1238 , and utterly spoiled H962 H962 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 H853 this H2088 word H1697 .
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4. The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.
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4. The earth H776 mourneth H56 and fadeth away H5034 , the world H8398 languisheth H535 and fadeth away H5034 , the haughty H4791 people H5971 of the earth H776 do languish H535 .
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5. The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.
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5. The earth H776 also is defiled H2610 under H8478 the inhabitants H3427 thereof; because H3588 they have transgressed H5674 the laws H8451 , changed H2498 the ordinance H2706 , broken H6565 the everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 .
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6. So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.
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6. Therefore H5921 H3651 hath the curse H423 devoured H398 the earth H776 , and they that dwell H3427 therein are desolate H816 : therefore H5921 H3651 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776 are burned H2787 , and few H4213 men H582 left H7604 .
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7. The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.
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7. The new wine H8492 mourneth H56 , the vine H1612 languisheth H535 , all H3605 the merryhearted H8056 H3820 do sigh H584 .
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8. The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.
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8. The mirth H4885 of tabrets H8596 ceaseth H7673 , the noise H7588 of them that rejoice H5947 endeth H2308 , the joy H4885 of the harp H3658 ceaseth H7673 .
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9. They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
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9. They shall not H3808 drink H8354 wine H3196 with a song H7892 ; strong drink H7941 shall be bitter H4843 to them that drink H8354 it.
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10. The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.
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10. The city H7151 of confusion H8414 is broken down H7665 : every H3605 house H1004 is shut up H5462 , that no man may come in H4480 H935 .
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11. They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.
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11. There is a crying H6682 for H5921 wine H3196 in the streets H2351 ; all H3605 joy H8057 is darkened H6150 , the mirth H4885 of the land H776 is gone H1540 .
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12. The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble.
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12. In the city H5892 is left H7604 desolation H8047 , and the gate H8179 is smitten H3807 with destruction H7591 .
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13. This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.
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13. When H3588 thus H3541 it shall be H1961 in the midst H7130 of the land H776 among H8432 the people H5971 , there shall be as the shaking H5363 of an olive tree H2132 , and as the gleaning grapes H5955 when H518 the vintage H1210 is done H3615 .
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14. They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the LORD in the west.
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14. They H1992 shall lift up H5375 their voice H6963 , they shall sing H7442 for the majesty H1347 of the LORD H3068 , they shall cry aloud H6670 from the sea H4480 H3220 .
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15. So in the east extol the LORD, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the LORD God of Israel.
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15. Wherefore H5921 H3651 glorify H3513 ye the LORD H3068 in the fires H217 , even the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 in the isles H339 of the sea H3220 .
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16. From the ends of the earth we hear songs� the Just One is majestic. But I say, "I'm wasting away! I'm wasting away! I'm doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!"
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16. From the uttermost part H4480 H3671 of the earth H776 have we heard H8085 songs H2158 , even glory H6643 to the righteous H6662 . But I said H559 , My leanness H7334 , my leanness H7334 , woe H188 unto me! the treacherous dealers H898 have dealt treacherously H898 ; yea , the treacherous dealers H898 have dealt very treacherously H898 H899 .
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17. Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!
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17. Fear H6343 , and the pit H6354 , and the snare H6341 , are upon H5921 thee , O inhabitant H3427 of the earth H776 .
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18. The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.
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18. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that he who fleeth H5127 from the noise H4480 H6963 of the fear H6343 shall fall H5307 into H413 the pit H6354 ; and he that cometh up H5927 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the pit H6354 shall be taken H3920 in the snare H6341 : for H3588 the windows H699 from on high H4480 H4791 are open H6605 , and the foundations H4146 of the earth H776 do shake H7493 .
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19. The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently.
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19. The earth H776 is utterly broken down H7489 H7489 , the earth H776 is clean dissolved H6565 H6565 , the earth H776 is moved exceedingly H4131 H4131 .
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20. The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.
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20. The earth H776 shall reel to and fro H5128 H5128 like a drunkard H7910 , and shall be removed H5110 like a cottage H4412 ; and the transgression H6588 thereof shall be heavy H3513 upon H5921 it ; and it shall fall H5307 , and not H3808 rise H6965 again H3254 .
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21. At that time the LORD will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth.
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21. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that the LORD H3068 shall punish H6485 H5921 the host H6635 of the high ones H4791 that are on high H4791 , and the kings H4428 of the earth H127 upon H5921 the earth H127 .
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22. They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.
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22. And they shall be gathered together H622 , as prisoners H616 are gathered H626 in H5921 the pit H953 , and shall be shut up H5462 in H5921 the prison H4525 , and after many H4480 H7230 days H3117 shall they be visited H6485 .
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23. The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD who commands armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.
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23. Then the moon H3842 shall be confounded H2659 , and the sun H2535 ashamed H954 , when H3588 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 shall reign H4427 in mount H2022 Zion H6726 , and in Jerusalem H3389 , and before H5048 his ancients H2205 gloriously H3519 .
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