Behold, the Lord
maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and
turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the
inhabitants thereof.
02 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.
03 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly
spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
04 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world
languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people
of the earth do languish.
05 The earth also is defiled under the
inhabitants thereof; because they have
transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,
broken the everlasting covenant.
06 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.
07 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth,
all the merryhearted do sigh.
08 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of
them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp
ceaseth.
09 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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