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84 lines
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# Chapter 24
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1 Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare
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and making it desolate.
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He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
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2 people and priest alike,
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servant and master,
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female servant and mistress,
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buyer and seller,
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lender and borrower,
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creditor and debtor.
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3 The earth will be stripped completely bare
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and will be totally plundered,
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for the Lord has spoken this message.
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4 The earth mourns and withers;
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the world wastes away and withers;
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the exalted people of the earth waste away.
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5 The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,
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for they have transgressed teachings,
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overstepped decrees,
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and broken the permanent covenant.
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6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,
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and its inhabitants have become guilty;
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the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,
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and only a few survive.
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7 The new wine mourns;
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the vine withers.
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All the carousers now groan.
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8 The joyful tambourines have ceased.
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The noise of the jubilant has stopped.
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The joyful lyre has ceased.
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9 They no longer sing and drink wine;
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beer is bitter to those who drink it.
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10 The city of chaos is shattered;
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every house is closed to entry.
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11 In the streets they cry for wine.
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All joy grows dark;
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earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.
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12 Only desolation remains in the city;
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its gate has collapsed in ruins.
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13 For this is how it will be on earth
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among the nations:
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like a harvested olive tree,
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like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
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14 They raise their voices, they sing out;
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they proclaim in the west
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the majesty of the Lord.
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15 Therefore, in the east honor the Lord!
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In the coasts and islands of the west
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honor the name of the Lord,
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the God of Israel.
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16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs:
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The Splendor of the Righteous One.
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But I said, “I waste away! I waste away!
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Woe is me.”
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The treacherous act treacherously;
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the treacherous deal very treacherously.
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17 Panic, pit, and trap await you
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who dwell on the earth.
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18 Whoever flees at the sound of panic
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will fall into a pit,
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and whoever escapes from the pit
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will be caught in a trap.
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For the floodgates on high are opened,
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and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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19 The earth is completely devastated;
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the earth is split open;
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the earth is violently shaken.
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20 The earth staggers like a drunkard
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and sways like a hut.
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Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,
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and it falls, never to rise again.
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21 On that day the Lord will punish
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the army of the heights in the heights
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and the kings of the ground on the ground.
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22 They will be gathered together
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like prisoners in a pit.
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They will be confined to a dungeon;
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after many days they will be punished.
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23 The moon will be put to shame
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and the sun disgraced,
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because the Lord of Armies will reign as king
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on Mount Zion in Jerusalem,
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and he will display his glory
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in the presence of his elders. |