Ye people; rather, ye peoples. The address is couched in the widest possible terms, so as to include the whole of humankind. The earth … and all that is therein; literally, the earth, and the fullness thereof.
The inhabitants are no doubt intended.
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Isaiah 34:1
Isaiah 34:1
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