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24 : 1 Behold,theLordwill empty the earthand make it desolate,and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
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.
24 : 3 The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;for theLordhas spoken this word.
24 : 4 The earth mourns and withers;the world languishes and withers;the highest people of the earth languish.
24 : 5 The earth liesdefiledunder its inhabitants;forthey have transgressed the laws,violated the statutes,broken the everlasting covenant.
24 : 6 Thereforea curse devours the earth,and its inhabitantssuffer for their guilt;therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,and few men are left.
24 : 7 The wine mourns,the vine languishes,all the merry-hearted sigh.
24 : 8 The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,the noise of the jubilant has ceased,the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
24 : 9 No more do they drink winewith singing;strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
24 : 10 The wasted city is broken down;every house is shut up so that none can enter.
24 : 11 There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;all joy has grown dark;the gladness of the earth is banished.
24 : 12 Desolation is left in the city;the gates are battered into ruins.
24 : 13 For thus it shall be in the midst of the earthamong the nations,as when an olive tree is beaten,as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
24 : 14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;over the majesty of theLordthey shout from the west.
24 : 15 Therefore in the eastgive glory to theLord;in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of theLord, the God of Israel.
24 : 16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,of glory tothe Righteous One.But I say,I waste away,I waste away. Woe is me!Forthe traitors have betrayed,with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.
24 : 17 Terror and the pit and the snareare upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
24 : 18 He who flees at the sound of the terrorshall fall into the pit,and he who climbs out of the pitshall be caught in the snare.Forthe windows of heaven are opened,andthe foundations of the earth tremble.
24 : 19 The earth is utterly broken,the earth is split apart,the earth is violently shaken.
24 : 20 The earthstaggers like a drunken man;it sways like a hut;its transgression lies heavy upon it,and it falls, and will not rise again.
24 : 21 On that day theLordwill punishthe host of heaven, in heaven,andthe kings of the earth, on the earth.
24 : 22 They will be gathered togetheras prisoners in a pit;they will be shut up in a prison,and after many daysthey will be punished.
24 : 23 Then the moon will be confoundedand the sun ashamed,fortheLordof hosts reignson Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,and his glory will be before his elders.