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¹ Now the Lord is about to lay waste the earth and make it desolate,
    and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
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.
³ The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled;
    for the Lord has spoken this word.

⁴ The earth dries up and withers,
    the world languishes and withers;
    the heavens languish together with the earth.
⁵ The earth lies polluted
    under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed laws,
    violated the statutes,
    broken the everlasting covenant.
⁶ Therefore a curse devours the earth,
    and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth dwindled,
    and few people are left.
⁷ The wine dries up,
    the vine languishes,
    all the merry-hearted sigh.
⁸ The mirth of the timbrels is stilled,
    the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
    the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
⁹ No longer do they drink wine with singing;
    strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
¹⁰ The city of chaos is broken down,
    every house is shut up so that no one can enter.
¹¹ There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
    all joy has reached its eventide;
    the gladness of the earth is banished.
¹² Desolation is left in the city,
    the gates are battered into ruins.
¹³ For thus it shall be on the earth
    and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
    as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is ended.

¹⁴ They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
    they shout from the west over the majesty of the Lord.
¹⁵ Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
    in the coastlands of the sea glorify the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
¹⁶ From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
    of glory to the Righteous One.
But I say, I pine away,
    I pine away. Woe is me!
For the treacherous deal treacherously,
    the treacherous deal very treacherously.

¹⁷ Terror, and the pit, and the snare
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
¹⁸ Whoever flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit;
and whoever climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
    and the foundations of the earth tremble.
¹⁹ The earth is utterly broken,
    the earth is torn asunder,
    the earth is violently shaken.
²⁰ The earth staggers like a drunkard,
    it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
    and it falls, and will not rise again.

²¹ On that day the Lord will punish
    the host of heaven in heaven,
    and on earth the kings of the earth.
²² They will be gathered together
    like prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days they will be punished.
²³ Then the moon will be abashed,
    and the sun ashamed;
for the Lord of hosts will reign
    on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before his elders he will manifest his glory.