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24:1 |
Behold, the LORD will lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
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24:2 |
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;as with the slave, 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.
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24:3 |
The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled;for the LORD has spoken this word.
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24:4 |
The earth mourns and withers, the world languishes and withers;the heavens languish together with the earth.
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24:5 |
The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants;for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
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24:6 |
Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
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24:7 |
The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
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24:8 |
The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
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24:9 |
No more do they drink wine with singing;strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
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24:10 |
The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that none can enter.
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24:11 |
There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;all joy has reached its eventide;the gladness of the earth is banished.
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24:12 |
Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
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24:13 |
For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the vintage is done.
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24:14 |
They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west.
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24:15 |
Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD;in the coastlands of the sea, to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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24:16 |
From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, 'I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! For the treacherous deal treacherously, the treacherous deal very treacherously.'
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24:17 |
Terror, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
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24:18 |
He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit;and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
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24:19 |
The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
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24:20 |
The earth staggers like a drunken man, it sways like a hut;its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.
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24:21 |
On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
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24:22 |
They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit;they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
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24:23 |
Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed;for the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before his elders he will manifest his glory.
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