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24 See here, the Eternal One will empty the earth.
    He will lay it waste, contort the mountains and plains,
And scatter its inhabitants all over the place.
Things will be topsy-turvy, hierarchies upended. No one will be safe,
    not laypeople or priests, not servants or masters,
    not maids or mistresses, not buyers or sellers,
    not lenders or borrowers, not debtors or creditors.
The earth will be emptied, all emptied, despoiled, utterly despoiled.
    The Eternal said that it should be so.

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The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth

24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(A)
    and devastate(B) it;
he will ruin its face
    and scatter(C) its inhabitants—
it will be the same
    for priest as for people,(D)
    for the master as for his servant,
    for the mistress as for her servant,
    for seller as for buyer,(E)
    for borrower as for lender,
    for debtor as for creditor.(F)
The earth will be completely laid waste(G)
    and totally plundered.(H)
The Lord has spoken(I) this word.

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