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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.
The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth
See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter its inhabitants —
See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter 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 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.
it will be the same
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.
For the Lord has spoken this word.
The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.
and totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.
The earth dries up and withers,
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens languish with the earth.
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens languish with the earth.
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.
The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
The new wine fails, the vine languishes,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
All the merry-hearted sigh.
The new wine dries up and the vine withers;
all the merrymakers groan.
all the merrymakers groan.
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.
The joyful timbrels are stilled,
the noise of the revelers has stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
the noise of the revelers has stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
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.
No longer do they drink wine with a song;
the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
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.
The ruined city lies desolate;
the entrance to every house is barred.
the entrance to every house is barred.
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.
In the streets they cry out for wine;
all joy turns to gloom,
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
all joy turns to gloom,
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
In the city desolation is left,
And the gate is stricken with destruction.
And the gate is stricken with destruction.
The city is left in ruins,
its gate is battered to pieces.
its gate is battered to pieces.
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.
So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
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.
They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
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.
Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands of the sea.
exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands of the sea.
From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
“Glory to the Righteous One.”
But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!
Woe to me!
The treacherous betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!”
“Glory to the Righteous One.”
But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!
Woe to me!
The treacherous betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!”
Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Terror and pit and snare await you,
people of the earth.
people of the earth.
Whoever flees at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.
will fall into a pit;
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.
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 is broken up,
the earth is split asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
the earth is split asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
The earth reels like a drunkard,
it sways like a hut in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion
that it falls — never to rise again.
it sways like a hut in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion
that it falls — never to rise again.
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.
In that day the Lord will punish
the powers in the heavens above
and the kings on the earth below.
the powers in the heavens above
and the kings on the earth below.
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.
The moon will be dismayed,
the sun ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders — with great glory.
the sun ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders — with great glory.