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God's Judgment on the Earth
Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
Judgment on the Earth
Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.
Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.
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 him from whom usury is taken.
And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the LORD has spoken this word.
The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.
And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant.
Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
The new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
The vine decays,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
The gaiety of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The gaiety of the harp ceases.
The noise of revelers stops,
The gaiety of the harp ceases.
They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
They do not drink wine with song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
The city of chaos is broken down;
Every house is shut up so that none may enter.
Every house is shut up so that none may enter.
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
All joy turns to gloom.
The gaiety of the earth is banished.
All joy turns to gloom.
The gaiety of the earth is banished.
desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, -- a ruin.
Desolation is left in the city
And the gate is battered to ruins.
And the gate is battered to ruins.
For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.
For thus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
As the shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the west concerning the majesty of the LORD.
They cry out from the west concerning the majesty of the LORD.
Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.
Therefore glorify the LORD in the east,
The name of the LORD, the God of Israel,
In the coastlands of the sea.
The name of the LORD, the God of Israel,
In the coastlands of the sea.
From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
From the ends of the earth we hear songs, “Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “Woe to me! Woe to me! Alas for me!
The treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
But I say, “Woe to me! Woe to me! Alas for me!
The treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.
Terror and pit and snare
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound 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 open, and the foundations of the earth shake.
Then it will be that he who flees the report of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.
And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
The earth is broken asunder,
The earth is split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
The earth is split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again.
The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard
And it totters like a shack,
For its transgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, never to rise again.
And it totters like a shack,
For its transgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, never to rise again.
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.
So it will happen in that day,
That the LORD will punish the host of heaven on high,
And the kings of the earth on earth.
That the LORD will punish the host of heaven on high,
And the kings of the earth on earth.
And they shall be brought together, [as] an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
They will be gathered together
Like prisoners in the dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will be punished.
Like prisoners in the dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will be punished.
And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.
Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed,
For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.