NHEBME - Isaiah - 24

24:1  Behold, the Lord 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 the Lord 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 the Lord. They cry aloud from the sea.

24:15  Therefore glorify the Lord in the east, even the name of the Lord, 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 the Lord 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 the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.