24 | Isaiah | ||
1 | Behold, Yahweh will lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants. | The LORD will punish the earth. Is.24.1-23 | |
2 | And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. | ||
3 | The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled; for Yahweh has spoken this word. | ||
4 | The earth mourns and withers, the world languishes and withers; the heavens languish together with the earth. | ||
5 | The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. | ||
6 | Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left. | ||
7 | The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh. | ||
8 | The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled. | ||
9 | No more do they drink wine with singing; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. | ||
10 | The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that none can enter. | ||
11 | There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has reached its eventide; the gladness of the earth is banished. | ||
12 | Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins. | ||
13 | For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the vintage is done. | ||
14 | They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of Yahweh they shout from the west. | ||
15 | Therefore in the east give glory to Yahweh; in the coastlands of the sea, to the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. | ||
16 | From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, "I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! For the treacherous deal treacherously, the treacherous deal very treacherously." | ||
17 | Terror, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth! | ||
18 | He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. | ||
19 | The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is violently shaken. | ||
20 | The earth staggers like a drunken man, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again. | ||
21 | On that day Yahweh will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth. | ||
22 | They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished. | ||
23 | Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before his elders he will manifest his glory. | ||
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