God’s Judgment on the Earth 1 DBY Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants. BSB BSB: Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
2 DBY 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 taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken. BSB BSB: people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
3 DBY The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word. BSB BSB: The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
4 DBY The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish. BSB BSB: The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
5 DBY And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant. BSB BSB: The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 DBY Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left. BSB BSB: 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.
7 DBY The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh; BSB BSB: The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
8 DBY the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. BSB BSB: The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
9 DBY They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it. BSB BSB: They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
10 DBY The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in. BSB BSB: The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
11 DBY There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone; BSB BSB: In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
12 DBY desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, — a ruin. BSB BSB: The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
13 DBY For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done. BSB BSB: So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
14 DBY These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea. BSB BSB: They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
15 DBY Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west. BSB BSB: Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
16 DBY From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. BSB BSB: 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 is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.
17 DBY Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land. BSB BSB: Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
18 DBY And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake. BSB BSB: 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.
19 DBY The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved. BSB BSB: The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
20 DBY The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again. BSB BSB: The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
21 DBY And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. BSB BSB: In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
22 DBY And they shall be brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited. BSB BSB: They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
23 DBY And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory. BSB BSB: 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.
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