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Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof (24:1)

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 the giver of usury to him (24:2)

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word (24:3)

The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish (24:4)

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant (24:5)

Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left (24:6)

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh (24:7)

The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth (24:8)

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it (24:9)

The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in (24:10)

[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone (24:11)

In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction (24:12)

When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, [there shall be] as the shaking of an olive tree, [and] as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done (24:13)

They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea (24:14)

Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, [even] the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea (24:15)

From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously (24:16)

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth (24:17)

And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the noise 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 from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake (24:18)

The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly (24:19)

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again (24:20)

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. (24:21) com1

And they shall be gathered together, [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited (24:22)

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously (24:23)

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