- Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- 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.
- The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
- The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
- The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
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- See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants-
- it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
- The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
- The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.
- The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
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