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Chapter 24 |
| 1 | Behold, the
LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down,
and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. |
| 2 | 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 the giver of usury to him. |
| 3 | The land shall be utterly
emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. |
| 4 |
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the
haughty people of the earth do languish. |
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5 | The earth also is defiled
under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed
the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. |
| 6 | Therefore hath
the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate:
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. |
| 7 |
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do
sigh. |
| 8 |
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice
endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. |
| 9 | They shall not drink wine with
a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. |
| 10 | The city
of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come
in. |
| 11 |
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is
darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. |
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12 | In the city is left
desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. |
| 13 | When thus it
shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the
shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is
done. |
| 14 |
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the
majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. |
| 15 | Wherefore
glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in
the isles of the sea. |
| 16 | From the uttermost part of the earth have we
heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness,
woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the
treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. |
| 17 | Fear, and
the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. |
| 18 |
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise 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 from on high are open, and the foundations
of the earth do shake. |
| 19 | The earth is utterly broken down, the earth
is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. |
| 20 | The earth
shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and
the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not
rise again. |
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21 | And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of
the earth upon the earth. |
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22 | And they shall be gathered together,
as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and
after many days shall they be visited. |
| 23 | Then the moon shall be
confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount
Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. |
