| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
| 1Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants. | 1Look, the LORD is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants. |
| 2And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor. | 2Everyone will suffer--the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor. |
| 3The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the LORD has spoken this word. | 3The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the LORD has decreed this judgment. |
| 4The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away. | 4The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away. |
| 5The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant. | 5The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty. |
| 6Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. | 6So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people. |
| 7The new wine mourns, The vine decays, All the merry-hearted sigh. | 7The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan. |
| 8The gaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases. | 8The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases. |
| 9They do not drink wine with song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. | 9They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it. |
| 10The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter. | 10The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight. |
| 11There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine; All joy turns to gloom. The gaiety of the earth is banished. | 11They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth. |
| 12Desolation is left in the city And the gate is battered to ruins. | 12The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble. |
| 13For thus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over. | 13This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. |
| 14They raise their voices, they shout for joy; They cry out from the west concerning the majesty of the LORD. | 14They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the LORD in the west. |
| 15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, The name of the LORD, the God of Israel, In the coastlands of the sea. | 15So in the east extol the LORD, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the LORD God of Israel. |
| 16From the ends of the earth we hear songs, "Glory to the Righteous One," But I say, "Woe to me! Woe to me! Alas for me! The treacherous deal treacherously, And the treacherous deal very treacherously." | 16From the ends of the earth we hear songs--the Just One is majestic. But I say, "I'm wasting away! I'm wasting away! I'm doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!" |
| 17Terror and pit and snare Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth. | 17Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth! |
| 18Then it will be that he who flees the report of disaster will fall into the pit, And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake. | 18The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake. |
| 19The earth is broken asunder, The earth is split through, The earth is shaken violently. | 19The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently. |
| 20The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again. | 20The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again. |
| 21So it will happen in that day, That the LORD will punish the host of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on earth. | 21At that time the LORD will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth. |
| 22They will be gathered together Like prisoners in the dungeon, And will be confined in prison; And after many days they will be punished. | 22They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished. |
| 23Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders. | 23The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD who commands armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor. |
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