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| [1]Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned [it on] its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants. |
[1]BEHOLD, the LORD shall destroy the earth and lay it waste and turn it upside down and scatter its inhabitants. |
| [2]And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself. |
[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 creditor, so with the debtor. |
| [3]Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word: |
[3]The land shall be utterly destroyed and utterly spoiled; for the LORD has spoken this word. |
| [4]Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they -- the high place of the people of the land. |
[4]The earth howls and sits in mourning, the world wails and sits in mourning, the haughty people of the earth lament. |
| [5]And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during. |
[5]The earth also is defiled like its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the law, changed the ordinance, and nullified the everlasting covenant. |
| [6]Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left. |
[6]Therefore the earth shall sit in mourning, and all its inhabitants shall be condemned; therefore all the inhabitants of the earth shall be destroyed, and a few men shall be left. |
| [7]Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart. |
[7]The grain mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh. |
| [8]Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp. |
[8]The mirth of the timbrels has ceased, the noise of those that rejoice has ended, the joy of the harp is over. |
| [9]With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it. |
[9]They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it. |
| [10]It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance. |
[10]The city is plundered, every wine cellar is shut up, so that no one may come in. |
| [11]A cry over the wine [is] in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land. |
[11]There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy has ended, the mirth of the land is gone. |
| [12]Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten. |
[12]The city is left in desolation, and its gates are broken with destruction |
| [13]When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished, |
[13]For thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the peoples, it shall be as the shaking of an olive tree and as the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done. |
| [14]They -- they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea. |
[14]They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. |
| [15]Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel. |
[15]Therefore glorify the LORD with a song, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the islands of the sea |
| [16]From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, wo [is] to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously. |
[16]From the uttermost parts of the earth we have heard songs, even the glory of the righteous, saying, It is a mystery to me. it is a mystery to me, woe to me, the wicked have dealt treacherously, yea, the wicked have dealt very treacherously. |
| [17]Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O inhabitant of the land. |
[17]Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitants of the earth. |
| [18]And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land. |
[18]And it shall come to pass that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be caught in the snare; for the fountains from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. |
| [19]Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land. |
[19]The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is utterly moved, the earth is staggering exceedingly. |
| [20]Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise. |
[20]The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard and shall be shaken like a booth, and its transgression shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall and not rise again. |
| [21]And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land. |
[21]And it shall come to pass in that day that the LORD shall punish the host of the lofty ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. |
| [22]And they have been gathered -- A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected. |
[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 they shall be saved. |
| [23]And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders -- honour! |
[23]Then the moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, for the LORD of hosts shall reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and will be glorified in the presence of his saints |