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1. Lo, the LORD empties the land and lays it waste; he turns it upside down, scattering 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. Layman and priest alike, servant and master, The maid as her mistress, the buyer as the seller, The lender as the borrower, the creditor 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 is utterly laid waste, utterly stripped, for the LORD has decreed this thing.
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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 mourns and fades, the world languishes and fades; both heaven and earth languish.
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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 polluted because of its inhabitants, who have transgressed laws, violated statutes, broken the ancient covenant.
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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. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants pay for their guilt; Therefore they who dwell on earth turn pale, and few men are left.
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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 wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted 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. Stilled are the cheerful timbrels, ended the shouts of the jubilant, stilled is the cheerful harp.
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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 cannot sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who partake of 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. Broken down is the city of chaos, shut against entry, every house.
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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. In the streets they cry out for lack of wine; all joy has disappeared and cheer has left the land.
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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. In the city nothing remains but ruin; its gates are battered and desolate.
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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. Thus it is within the land, and among the peoples, As with an olive tree after it is beaten, as with a gleaning when the vintage is done.
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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. These lift up their voice in acclaim; from the sea they proclaim the majesty of the LORD:
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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. "For this, in the coastlands, 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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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 end of the earth we hear songs: "Splendor to the Just One!" But I said, "I am wasted, wasted away. Woe is me! The traitors betray: with treachery have the traitors betrayed!
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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 trap are upon you, inhabitant 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. He who flees at the sound of terror will fall into the pit; He who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. For the windows on high will be opened and the foundations of the earth will 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 will burst asunder, the earth will be shaken apart, the earth will be convulsed.
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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 reel like a drunkard, and it will sway like a hut; Its rebellion will weigh it down, until it falls, never to rise 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. On that day the LORD will punish the host of the heavens in the heavens, and the kings of the earth 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 gathered together like prisoners into a pit; They will be shut up in a dungeon, and after many days 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. Then the moon will blush and the sun grow pale, For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious in the sight of his elders.
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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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