| 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.
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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.
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3 | The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
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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.
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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.
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7 | The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
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8 | The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
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9 | They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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10 | The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
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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.
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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.
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15 | Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
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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.
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17 | Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
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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.
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19 | The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
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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.
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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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