| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. | 1Look, the LORD is stripping the earth bare and making it desolate. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants: |
| 2And 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. | 2people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. |
| 3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. | 3The earth will be stripped completely bare and will be totally plundered, for the LORD has spoken this message. |
| 4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. | 4The earth mourns and withers; the world wastes away and withers; the exalted people of the earth waste away. |
| 5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. | 5The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the everlasting covenant. |
| 6Therefore 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. | 6Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants have become guilty; the earth's inhabitants have been burned, and only a few survive. |
| 7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. | 7The new wine mourns; the vine withers. All the carousers now groan. |
| 8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. | 8The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased. |
| 9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. | 9They no longer sing and drink wine; beer is bitter to those who drink it. |
| 10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. | 10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. |
| 11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. | 11In the streets they cry for wine. All joy grows dark; earth's rejoicing goes into exile. |
| 12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. | 12Only desolation remains in the city; its gate has collapsed in ruins. |
| 13When 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. | 13For this is how it will be on earth among the nations: like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest. |
| 14They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. | 14They raise their voices, they sing out; they proclaim in the west the majesty of the LORD. |
| 15Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. | 15Therefore, in the east honor the LORD! In the islands of the west honor the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. |
| 16From 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. | 16From the ends of the earth we hear songs: The Splendor of the Righteous One. But I said, "I waste away! I waste away! Woe is me." The treacherous act treacherously; the treacherous deal very treacherously. |
| 17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. | 17Panic, pit, and trap await you who dwell on the earth. |
| 18And 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. | 18Whoever flees at the sound of panic will fall into a pit, and whoever escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. For the windows are opened from heaven, and the foundations of the earth are shaken. |
| 19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. | 19The earth is completely devastated; the earth is split open; the earth is violently shaken. |
| 20The 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. | 20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a hut. Earth's rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. |
| 21And 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. | 21On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and kings of the earth below. |
| 22And 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. | 22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon; after many days they will be punished. |
| 23Then 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. | 23The moon will be put to shame and the sun disgraced, because the LORD of Hosts will reign as king on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, and He will display His glory in the presence of His elders. |
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