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Destruction of the Earth
Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth
and make it a vast wasteland.
He devastates the surface of the earth
and scatters the people.
Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth
and make it a vast wasteland.
He devastates the surface of the earth
and scatters the people.
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.
Priests and laypeople,
servants and masters,
maids and mistresses,
buyers and sellers,
lenders and borrowers,
bankers and debtors — none will be spared.
servants and masters,
maids and mistresses,
buyers and sellers,
lenders and borrowers,
bankers and debtors — none will be spared.
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 earth will be completely emptied and looted.
The LORD has spoken!
The LORD has spoken!
The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the LORD has spoken this word.
The earth mourns and dries up,
and the land wastes away and withers.
Even the greatest people on earth waste away.
and the land wastes away and withers.
Even the greatest people on earth waste away.
The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.
The earth suffers for the sins of its people,
for they have twisted God’s instructions,
violated his laws,
and broken his everlasting covenant.
for they have twisted God’s instructions,
violated his laws,
and broken his everlasting covenant.
The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant.
Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.
Its people must pay the price for their sin.
They are destroyed by fire,
and only a few are left alive.
Its people must pay the price for their sin.
They are destroyed by fire,
and only a few are left alive.
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 grapevines waste away,
and there is no new wine.
All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
and there is no new wine.
All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
The new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
The vine decays,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled;
the happy cries of celebration are heard no more.
The melodious chords of the harp are silent.
the happy cries of celebration are heard no more.
The melodious chords of the harp are silent.
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.
Gone are the joys of wine and song;
alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.
alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.
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 writhes in chaos;
every home is locked to keep out intruders.
every home is locked to keep out intruders.
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.
Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine.
Joy has turned to gloom.
Gladness has been banished from the land.
Joy has turned to gloom.
Gladness has been banished from the land.
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.
The city is left in ruins,
its gates battered down.
its gates battered down.
Desolation is left in the city
And the gate is battered to ruins.
And the gate is battered to ruins.
Throughout the earth the story is the same —
only a remnant is left,
like the stray olives left on the tree
or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.
only a remnant is left,
like the stray olives left on the tree
or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.
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.
But all who are left shout and sing for joy.
Those in the west praise the LORD’s majesty.
Those in the west praise the LORD’s majesty.
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.
In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD.
In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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.
We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth,
songs that give glory to the Righteous One!
But my heart is heavy with grief.
Weep for me, for I wither away.
Deceit still prevails,
and treachery is everywhere.
songs that give glory to the Righteous One!
But my heart is heavy with grief.
Weep for me, for I wither away.
Deceit still prevails,
and treachery is everywhere.
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.”
Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,
you people of the earth.
you people of the earth.
Terror and pit and snare
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.
Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;
the foundations of the earth shake.
and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.
Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;
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 has broken up.
It has utterly collapsed;
it is violently shaken.
It has utterly collapsed;
it is violently shaken.
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 staggers like a drunk.
It trembles like a tent in a storm.
It falls and will not rise again,
for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.
It trembles like a tent in a storm.
It falls and will not rise again,
for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.
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.
In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens
and the proud rulers of the nations on earth.
and the proud rulers of the nations on 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.
They will be rounded up and put in prison.
They will be shut up in prison
and will finally be punished.
They will be shut up in prison
and will finally be punished.
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.
Then the glory of the moon will wane,
and the brightness of the sun will fade,
for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion.
He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem,
in the sight of all the leaders of his people.
and the brightness of the sun will fade,
for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion.
He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem,
in the sight of all the leaders of his people.
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.