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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.
Impending Judgment on the Earth
Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad 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 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 creditor, so with the debtor.
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 creditor, so with the debtor.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.
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.
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 defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the everlasting covenant.
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken 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.
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
The new wine fails, the vine languishes,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
All the merry-hearted sigh.
the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
The mirth of the tambourine ceases,
The noise of the jubilant ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
The noise of the jubilant ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
They shall not drink wine with a 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 confusion is broken down;
Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
There is a cry for wine in the streets,
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of the land is gone.
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of the land is gone.
desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, -- a ruin.
In the city desolation is left,
And the gate is stricken with destruction.
And the gate is stricken with destruction.
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.
When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people,
It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.
It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.
These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.
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 dawning light,
The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
The name of the Lord 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.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.
Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Are upon 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.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.
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.
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.
It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones,
And on the earth the kings of the earth.
That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones,
And on the earth the kings of the 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.
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 disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the Lord of hosts will reign
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.
And the sun ashamed;
For the Lord of hosts will reign
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.