"Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh
it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth
abroad the inhabitants thereof. 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. The land shall be utterly emptied, and
utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
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The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world
languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of
the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled
under the inhabitants thereof; because they have
transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant. 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. The new wine mourneth, the
vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. The
mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that
rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. They
shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall
be bitter to them that drink it. The city of
confusion is broken down: every house is shut up,
that no man may come in. There is a crying for wine
in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the
land is gone. In the city is left desolation, and the
gate is smitten with destruction.
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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. They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing
for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud
from the sea. Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the
fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the
isles of the sea. 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. Fear, and the pit, and the
snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 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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The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean
dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 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. 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. 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. 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" (Isaiah 24).
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