| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. | 1See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face 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. | 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 land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. | 3The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word. |
| 4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. | 4The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth. |
| 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 defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes 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 consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left. |
| 7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. | 7The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan. |
| 8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. | 8The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent. |
| 9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. | 9No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers. |
| 10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. | 10The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred. |
| 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 out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth. |
| 12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. | 12The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces. |
| 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. | 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 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 shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty. |
| 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 give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea. |
| 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 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!" |
| 17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. | 17Terror and pit and snare await you, people of 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 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 utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. | 19The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, 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 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. |
| 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. | 21In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on 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 herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. |
| 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 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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