Isaiah
24
- See, the LORD is going to lay waste the
earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants
--
- it will be the same for priest as for people,
for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
- The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
- The earth dries up and withers, the world
languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish
- The earth is defiled by its people; they
have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting
covenant.
- Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its
people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
- The new wine dries up and the vine withers;
all the merrymakers groan.
- The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
- No longer do they drink wine with a song;
the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
- The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance
to every house is barred.
- In the streets they cry out for wine; all
joy turns to gloom, all gaiety is banished from the earth.
- The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered
to pieces.
- So will it be on the earth and among the
nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after
the grape harvest.
- They raise their voices, they shout for
joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD'S majesty.
- Therefore in the east give glory to the
LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the
sea.
- From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
"Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I
waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray ! With treachery the treacherous
betray !"
- Terror and pit and snare await you, O people
of the earth.
- Whoever flees at the sound of terror will
fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
- The earth is broken up, the earth is split
asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken.
- The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways
like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that
it falls--never to rise again.
- In that day the LORD will punish the powers
in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
- They will be herded together like prisoners
bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many
days.
- The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed;
for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before
its elders, gloriously.
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