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| 24:1 |
Now the LORD is about to 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 dries up 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 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 dwindled, and few people are left.
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| 24:7 |
The wine dries up, 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 longer 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 no one 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 on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is ended.
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| 24:14 |
They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; they shout from the west over the majesty of the LORD.
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| 24:15 |
Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; in the coastlands of the sea glorify 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 |
Whoever flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit; and whoever 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 torn asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
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| 24:20 |
The earth staggers like a drunkard, 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 on earth the kings of the earth.
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| 24:22 |
They will be gathered together like 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 abashed, 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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