1.
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. Explain This Verse
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 taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. Explain This Verse
3.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. Explain This Verse
4.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. Explain This Verse
5.
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Explain This Verse
6.
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. Explain This Verse
7.
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. Explain This Verse
8.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. Explain This Verse
9.
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. Explain This Verse
10.
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Explain This Verse
11.
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. Explain This Verse
12.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. Explain This Verse
13.
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. Explain This Verse
14.
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea. Explain This Verse
15.
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea. Explain This Verse
16.
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. Explain This Verse
17.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. Explain This Verse
18.
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. Explain This Verse
19.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. Explain This Verse
20.
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. Explain This Verse
21.
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. Explain This Verse
22.
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. Explain This Verse
23.
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. Explain This Verse