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A curse will destroy the earth.
    The people of the world are guilty.
So they will be burned up.
    Only a few will be left.
The new wine will be bad, and the grapevines will die.
    People who were happy will be sad.
The happy music of the tambourines will end.
    The happy sounds of wild parties will stop.
    The joyful music from the harps will end.

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Therefore a curse(A) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(B)
    and very few are left.
The new wine dries up(C) and the vine withers;(D)
    all the merrymakers groan.(E)
The joyful timbrels(F) are stilled,
    the noise(G) of the revelers(H) has stopped,
    the joyful harp(I) is silent.(J)

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