Behold , the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants —
- people and priest alike , servant and master , maid and mistress , buyer and seller , lender and borrower , ... - creditor
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken - this word.
The earth mourns and withers ; the world languishes and fades ; the exalted - of the earth waste away.
The earth is defiled by its people ; - they have transgressed the laws ; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore ... a curse has consumed the earth , and its inhabitants must bear the guilt ; the earth’s dwellers - - have been burned , and only a few ... survive.
The new wine dries up , the vine withers. All the merrymakers ... now groan.
The joyful tambourines have ceased ; the noise of revelers has stopped ; the joyful harp is silent.
They no longer sing and drink wine ; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
The city of chaos is shattered ; every house is closed to entry.
In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom ; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
The city is left in ruins ; its gate is reduced to rubble.
So ... will it be on the earth (and) among the nations , like a harvested olive tree , like a gleaning after ... a grape harvest.
They raise their voices , they shout for joy ; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
Therefore glorify the LORD ... in the east. Extol the name of the LORD , the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
From the ends of the earth we hear singing : “ Glory to the Righteous One. ” But I said , “ I am wasting away I am wasting away Woe The treacherous betray ; the treacherous deal in treachery.
Terror and pit and snare await you , O dweller of the earth.
- Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit , and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open , and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
The earth is utterly broken apart , the earth is split open ... , the earth is shaken violently.
The earth staggers ... like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down , ... and it falls , never to rise again.
- In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above ... and the kings of the earth below ....
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed ; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem , and before His elders with great glory.