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1 BEHOLD, the LORD shall destroy the earth and lay it waste and turn it upside down and scatter its inhabitants. 2 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 creditor, so with the debtor. 3 The land shall be utterly destroyed and utterly spoiled; for the LORD has spoken this word. 4 The earth howls and sits in mourning, the world wails and sits in mourning, the haughty people of the earth lament. 5 The earth also is defiled like its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the law, changed the ordinance, and nullified the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore the earth shall sit in mourning, and all its inhabitants shall be condemned; therefore all the inhabitants of the earth shall be destroyed, and a few men shall be left. 7 The grain mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh. 8 The mirth of the timbrels has ceased, the noise of those that rejoice has ended, the joy of the harp is over. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it. Isaiah 24:1-9, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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