| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New International Version |
| 1Look, the LORD is stripping the earth bare and making it desolate. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants: | 1See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants-- |
| 2people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. | 2it will be the same for priest as for people, for the master as for his servant, for the mistress as for her servant, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor. |
| 3The earth will be stripped completely bare and will be totally plundered, for the LORD has spoken this message. | 3The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word. |
| 4The earth mourns and withers; the world wastes away and withers; the exalted people of the earth waste away. | 4The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth. |
| 5The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the everlasting covenant. | 5The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. |
| 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. | 6Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left. |
| 7The new wine mourns; the vine withers. All the carousers now groan. | 7The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan. |
| 8The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased. | 8The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent. |
| 9They no longer sing and drink wine; beer is bitter to those who drink it. | 9No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers. |
| 10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. | 10The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred. |
| 11In the streets they cry for wine. All joy grows dark; earth's rejoicing goes into exile. | 11In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth. |
| 12Only desolation remains in the city; its gate has collapsed in ruins. | 12The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces. |
| 13For this is how it will be on earth among the nations: like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest. | 13So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest. |
| 14They raise their voices, they sing out; they proclaim in the west the majesty of the LORD. | 14They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty. |
| 15Therefore, in the east honor the LORD! In the islands of the west honor the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. | 15Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea. |
| 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. | 16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!" |
| 17Panic, pit, and trap await you who dwell on the earth. | 17Terror and pit and snare await you, people of the earth. |
| 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. | 18Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake. |
| 19The earth is completely devastated; the earth is split open; the earth is violently shaken. | 19The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is violently shaken. |
| 20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a hut. Earth's rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. | 20The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls--never to rise again. |
| 21On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and kings of the earth below. | 21In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below. |
| 22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon; after many days they will be punished. | 22They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. |
| 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. | 23The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders--with great glory. |
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