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See, Yahuah is emptying the earth and laying it waste. He twists its face and scatters its inhabitants.
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And it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maidservant, 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 one owing him.
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Emptying, the earth shall surely be emptied, and plundering, it shall surely be plundered, for Yahuah has spoken this Word.
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The earth mourns and withers. The world languishes and withers. The exalted people of the earth languish.
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And the earth is profaned beneath its inhabitants, because they have transgressed Torah, changed the statute, and broken the everlasting Covenant.
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Therefore a curse consumes the earth, and those dwelling in it bear their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few Adam remain.
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The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the glad of heart sigh.
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The joy of tambourines ceases. The noise of those rejoicing ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
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They do not drink wine with song. Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
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The city of emptiness is broken down. Every house is shut from entering.
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There is an outcry in the streets because of the wine. All joy has grown dark. The gladness of the earth has gone into exile.
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Desolation remains in the city, and the gate is crushed into ruin.
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For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth, among the peoples: as the beating of an olive tree, as gleanings when the grape harvest is finished.
14
They lift up their voice. They shout for joy. Because of the majesty of Yahuah they cry aloud from the sea.
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Therefore glorify Yahuah in the regions of light, the Name of Yahuah, Elohim of Yisra'el, in the coastlands of the sea.
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From the end of the earth we hear songs: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said: “Leanness to me! Leanness to me! Woe to me! The treacherous act treacherously, and with treachery the treacherous act treacherously.”
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Terror, and pit, and snare are upon you, inhabitant of the earth.
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And it shall come to pass: the one fleeing from the sound of terror shall fall into the pit, and the one climbing out from the midst of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.
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Breaking, the earth is utterly broken. Splitting, the earth is utterly split. Shaking, the earth is utterly shaken.
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Staggering, the earth staggers like a drunkard, and sways like a shelter. Its transgression is heavy upon it. And it shall fall, and shall not rise again.
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And it shall come to pass in that day that Yahuah shall visit the host of the height in the height, and the kings of the ground upon the ground.
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And they shall be gathered as prisoners are gathered into a pit. And they shall be shut in confinement, and after many days they shall be visited.
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Then the moon shall be ashamed, and the sun shall be confounded, for Yahuah of Hosts shall reign upon Mount Tziyon and in Yerushalayim, and before His elders shall be glory.