Isaiah 24 — GNB

24Verse 1Behold, Jehovah emptieth and draineth the land; Yea, he turneth it upside down, and scattereth its inhabitants.^{Verse 2}As with the people, so is it with the priest; As with the servant, so with the master; As with the maid, so with the mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the borrower, so with the lender; As with the usurer, so with the giver of usury.^{Verse 3}The land is utterly emptied and utterly plundered; For Jehovah hath spoken this word.^{Verse 4}The land mourneth, and withereth; The world languisheth, and withereth; The nobles of the people of the land do languish.^{Verse 5}The land was polluted under its inhabitants, Because they transgressed the law, they violated the statutes, They broke the everlasting covenant.^{Verse 6}Therefore a curse devoured the land; Its inhabitants suffered for their guilt; Therefore are the inhabitants of the land consumed with heat, And few of the men are left.^{Verse 7}The new wine mourneth; The vine languisheth; All that were of a joyful heart do sigh;^{Verse 8}The mirth of tabrets ceaseth; The noise of them that rejoice is at an end; The joy of the harp ceaseth.^{Verse 9}No more do they drink wine with the song; Strong drink is bitter to them that use it.^{Verse 10}The city of desolation is broken down; Every house is closed, so that none can enter.^{Verse 11}There is a cry for wine in the streets; All gladness is departed; The mirth of the land is gone;^{Verse 12}Desolation is left in the city, And the gate is smitten into ruins.^{Verse 13}Yea, thus shall it be in the land, in the midst of the people, As when the olive-tree has been shaken; As the gleaning, when the vintage is ended.^{Verse 14}These shall lift up their voice, and sing; Yea, for the majesty of Jehovah they shall shout from the sea.^{Verse 15}Wherefore praise ye Jehovah in the East, The name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea!^{Verse 16}From the end of the earth we hear songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I cry, Alas, my wretchedness, my wretchedness! woe is me! The plunderers plunder; the plunderers seize the spoil.^{Verse 17}The terror, the pit, and the snare Are upon thee, O inhabitant of the land!^{Verse 18}Whoso fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit, And whoso escapeth from the pit, He shall be taken in the snare; For the floodgates of heaven are opened, And the foundations of the earth tremble.^{Verse 19}The earth is utterly broken down; The earth is shattered in pieces; The earth is violently moved from her place.^{Verse 20}The earth reeleth like a drunkard, It moveth to and fro like a hammock; For her iniquity lieth heavy upon her, And she shall fall and rise no more.^{Verse 21}In that day will Jehovah punish the host of the high ones that are on high, And the kings of the earth upon the earth.^{Verse 22}They shall be thrown together bound into the pit, And shall be shut up in the prison, But after many days shall they be visited.^{Verse 23}The moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, When Jehovah of hosts shall reign in mount Zion and Jerusalem, And his glory shall be before his ancients.