Isaiah 24:1WEB
Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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Isaiah 24:1WEB
Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 24:2WEB
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.
Isaiah 24:3WEB
The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 24:4WEB
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
Isaiah 24:5WEB
The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 24:6WEB
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 are left.
Isaiah 24:7WEB
The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
Isaiah 24:8WEB
The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
Isaiah 24:9WEB
They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
Isaiah 24:10WEB
The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Isaiah 24:11WEB
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
Isaiah 24:12WEB
The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
Isaiah 24:13WEB
For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
Isaiah 24:14WEB
These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 24:15WEB
Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 24:16WEB
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.
Isaiah 24:17WEB
Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.
Isaiah 24:18WEB
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 middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Isaiah 24:19WEB
The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
Isaiah 24:20WEB
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.
Isaiah 24:21WEB
It will 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.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Isaiah 24:22WEB
They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.
Isaiah 24:23WEB
Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.