Book 12 : NEVIIM - ISAIAH - Chapter 024
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Behold, HaShem maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste,
and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof
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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 creditor, so with the debtor
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The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled;
for HaShem hath spoken this word
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The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and
fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail
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The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;
because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the
everlasting covenant
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Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that
dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste
away, and men are left few
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The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the
merry-hearted do sigh
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The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that
rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth
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They drink not wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to
them that drink it
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Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut
up, that none may come in
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There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy
is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone
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In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten
unto ruin
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For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth, among the
peoples, as at the beating of an olive-tree, as at the gleanings when the
vintage is done
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Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; for
the majesty of HaShem they shout from the sea
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'Therefore glorify ye HaShem in the regions of light, even
the name of HaShem, the G-d of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
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From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs:
'Glory to the righteous.' But I say: I waste away, I waste away, woe is me! The
treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously
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Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O
inhabitant of the earth
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And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the
noise of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the
midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened,
and the foundations of the earth do shake
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The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in
pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth
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The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and
swayeth to and fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it,
and it shall fall, and not rise again
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that HaShem will
punish the host of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth upon the
earth
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And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are
gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days
shall they be punished
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Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed;
for HaShem of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His
elders shall be Glory
Book 12 : NEVIIM - ISAIAH - Chapter 024
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