Isaiah 24 — ASVBT
24Verse 1Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.Verse 2And it shall 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 to him.Verse 3The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.Verse 4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.Verse 5The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.Verse 6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.Verse 7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.Verse 8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.Verse 9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.Verse 10The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.Verse 11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.Verse 12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.Verse 13For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.Verse 14These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.Verse 15Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.Verse 16From 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; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.Verse 17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.Verse 18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.Verse 19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.Verse 20The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.Verse 21And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.Verse 22And 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.Verse 23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.