(A)And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
    as with the slave, 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;
    (C)as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
(D)The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
    (E)for the Lord has spoken this word.

(F)The earth mourns and withers;
    the world languishes and withers;
    the highest people of the earth languish.

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