Behold, the LORD alays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.
2And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the acreditor like the debtor.
3The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the LORD has spoken this word.
4The aearth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the bexalted of the people of the earth fade away.
5The earth is also apolluted 1by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, bbroke the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore, a acurse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the binhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
7The anew wine mourns, The vine decays, All the merry-hearted sigh.
8The agaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases.
9They do not drink wine with song; aStrong drink is bbitter to those who drink it.
10The acity of chaos is broken down; bEvery house is shut up so that none may enter.
11There is an aoutcry in the streets concerning the wine; bAll joy 1turns to gloom. The gaiety of the earth is banished.
12Desolation is left in the city And the agate is battered to ruins.
13For athus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the 1shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
14aThey raise their voices, they shout for joy; They cry out from the 1west concerning the majesty of the LORD.
15Therefore aglorify the LORD in the 1east, The bname of the LORD, the God of Israel, In the 2 ccoastlands of the sea.
16From the aends of the earth we hear songs, " bGlory to the Righteous One," But I say, " 1 cWoe to me! 1Woe to me! Alas for me! The dtreacherous deal treacherously, And the treacherous deal very treacherously."
17aTerror and pit and snare 1Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18Then it will be that he who flees the 1report of disaster will fall into the pit, And he who 2climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; For the awindows 3above are opened, and the bfoundations of the earth shake.
19aThe earth is broken asunder, The earth is bsplit through, The earth is shaken violently.
20The earth areels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a 1shack, For its btransgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, cnever to rise again.
21So it will happen in that day, That the LORD will apunish the host of 1heaven on high, And the bkings of the earth on earth.
22They will be gathered together Like aprisoners in the 1dungeon, And will be confined in prison; And after many days they will bbe punished.
23Then the amoon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For the bLORD of hosts will reign on cMount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders.