And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the (A)creditor like the debtor. The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. The (B)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (C)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.

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And it shall be:
As with the people, so with the (A)priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
(B)As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.

The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The (C)haughty[a] people of the earth languish.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:4 proud