Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Behold, the LORD lays
waste
the earth and leaves
it in
ruins.
He
will
twist
its
surface
and scatter
its
inhabitants —
Behold, the LORD maketh
the earth empty,
and maketh
it waste,
and turneth
it
upside
down,
and
scattereth
abroad
the
inhabitants thereof.
people
and priest
alike
, servant and
master
, maid and
mistress
, buyer and
seller
, lender and
borrower, creditor
and
debtor
.
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
.
The earth
will
be utterly laid
waste
and thoroughly
plundered.
For the LORD has
spoken this word.
The land
shall
be utterly emptied,
and utterly
spoiled:
for the LORD hath
spoken this word.
The earth mourns
and withers;
the world languishes
and fades;
the exalted
of the earth waste
away
.
The earth mourneth
and fadeth
away,
the world languisheth
and fadeth
away,
the haughty
people
of the earth do
languish
.
The earth is defiled by
its
people
; they have transgressed the laws ;
they
have
overstepped
the decrees
and
broken the everlasting covenant.
The earth also
is defiled under
the
inhabitants
thereof
; because
they have transgressed the laws ,
changed
the ordinance,
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
.
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
.
The new wine dries
up
, the vine withers.
All the merrymakers
now
groan
.
The new wine mourneth
, the vine languisheth,
all the merryhearted
do
sigh
.
The joyful
tambourines
have
ceased;
the noise of revelers
has
stopped;
the joyful
harp is
silent
.
The mirth
of
tabrets
ceaseth,
the noise of them
that
rejoice
endeth,
the joy
of
the
harp ceaseth
.
They no
longer
sing
and
drink wine; strong drink is
bitter to those
who
consume
it.
They shall
not
drink wine with
a
song
; strong drink shall
be
bitter to them
that
drink
it.
The city of chaos
is shattered;
every house is closed
to
entry
.
The city of confusion
is broken
down:
every house is shut
up,
that
no
man
may
come
in
.
In the streets they
cry
out
for
wine.
All joy turns
to
gloom;
rejoicing
is exiled
from
the land.
There
is
a
crying
for
wine
in the streets ;
all joy is darkened,
the mirth
of
the
land is
gone
.
The city is left in
ruins;
its
gate is reduced
to
rubble
.
In
the city is left desolation,
and
the
gate is smitten
with
destruction
.
So
will
it be on
the earth
and
among the nations
, like
a
harvested
olive tree, like
a
gleaning after
a
grape
harvest
.
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
.
They raise
their voices
, they shout
for joy;
from
the west
they
proclaim
the
majesty of the LORD.
They shall
lift
up
their voice
, they shall
sing
for the majesty of the LORD ,
they
shall
cry
aloud
from
the
sea
.
Therefore
glorify the LORD in the east.
Extol
the name of the LORD ,
the
God of Israel in the islands
of the sea.
Wherefore
glorify ye
the LORD in the fires,
even
the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles
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 is
me .”
The treacherous betray
; the treacherous deal
in
treachery
.
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
.
Terror
and pit and snare await
you
, O dweller
of the earth.
Fear,
and the
pit ,
and the
snare, are
upon
thee,
O inhabitant
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
.
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
.
The earth is utterly broken apart
, the earth is split
open
, the earth is shaken
violently
.
The earth is utterly broken down
, the earth is clean
dissolved
, the earth is moved
exceedingly
.
The earth staggers
like a drunkard and sways
like a shack.
Earth’s
rebellion
weighs
it down,
and it falls
, never
to
rise again.
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.
In that day the LORD will
punish the host of heaven
above
and the kings of the earth below
.
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
.
They will
be gathered together like
prisoners in a
pit .
They
will
be confined
to
a
dungeon
and punished
after many days.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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