Isaiah Chapter 24 Back Next{24:1} Behold, Yahweh makes the
earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
{24:2} It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the
debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
{24:3} The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
{24:4} The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
{24:5} The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the
laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting
covenant.
{24:6} Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
{24:7} The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
{24:8} The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the
harp ceases.
{24:9} They will not
drink wine with a song.
Strong drink will be
bitter to those who drink it.
{24:10} The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
{24:11} There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
{24:12} The city is left in desolation, and the
gate is struck with destruction.
{24:13} For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the
gleanings when the vintage is done.
{24:14} These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
{24:15} Therefore glorify Yahweh in the
east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of
Israel, in the islands of the sea!
{24:16} From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
{24:17} Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.
{24:18} It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
{24:19} The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
{24:20} The earth will stagger like a
drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.
{24:21} It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the
army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
{24:22} They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
{24:23} Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in
Jerusalem; and before his
elders will be glory.
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