Isaiah 24
24BEHOLD, THE Lord will make the land {and} the earth empty and make it waste and turn it upside down (twist the face of it) and scatter abroad its inhabitants.H3068H776H1238H1110H5753H6440H6327H34272And it shall be--as [what happens] 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.H5971H3548H5650H113H8198H1404H7069H4376H3867H3867H5383H834H53783The land {and} the earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly pillaged; for the Lord has said this.H776H1238H1238H962H962H3068H1696H16974The land {and} the earth mourn and wither, the world languishes and withers, the high ones of the people [and the heavens with the earth] languish.H776H56H5034H8398H535H5034H4791H5971H776H5355The land {and} the earth also are defiled by their inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, disregarded the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.H776H2610H3427H5674H8451H2498H2706H6565H5769H12856Therefore a curse devours the land {and} the earth, and they who dwell in it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the land {and} the earth are scorched {and} parched [under the curse of God's wrath], and few people are left.H423H398H776H3427H816H3427H776H2787H4213H582H76047The new wine mourns, the vine languishes; all the merrymakers sigh.H8492H56H1612H535H8056H3820H5848The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the lyre is stopped.H4885H8596H7673H7588H5947H2308H4885H3658H76739No more will they drink wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.H8354H3196H7892H7941H4843H835410The wasted city of emptiness {and} confusion is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may enter.H7151H8414H7665H1004H5462H93511There is crying in the streets for wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is banished {and} gone into captivity.H6682H3196H2351H8057H6150H4885H776H154012In the city is left desolation, and its gate is battered {and} destroyed.H5892H7604H8047H8179H3807H759113For so shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking {and} beating of an olive tree, or as the gleaning when the vintage is done [and only a small amount of the fruit remains].H7130H776H8432H5971H5363H2132H5955H1210H361514[But] these [who have escaped and remain] lift up their voices, they shout; for the majesty of the Lord they cry aloud from the [Mediterranean] Sea.H5375H6963H7442H1347H3068H6670H322015Wherefore glorify the Lord in the east [whether in the region of daybreak's lights and fires, or in the west]; [glorify] the name of the Lord, the God of Israel in the isles {and} coasts of the [Mediterranean] Sea.H3513H3068H217H8034H3068H430H3478H339H322016From the uttermost parts of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the Righteous One [and to the people of Israel]! But I say, Emaciated I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous dealers deal treacherously! Yes, the treacherous dealers deal very treacherously.H3671H776H8085H2158H6643H6662H559H7334H7334H188H898H898H898H899H89817Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!H6343H6354H6341H3427H77618And he who flees at the noise of the terror will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of the heavens are opened [as in the deluge], and the foundations of the earth tremble {and} shake.H5127H6963H6343H5307H6354H5927H8432H6354H3920H6341H699H4791H6605H4146H776H749319The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.H776H7489H7489H776H6565H6565H776H4131H413120The earth shall stagger like a drunken man and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; its transgression shall lie heavily upon it, and it shall fall and not rise again.H776H5128H5128H7910H5110H4412H6588H3513H5307H6965H325421And in that day the Lord will visit {and} punish the host of the high ones on high [the host of heaven in heaven, celestial beings] and the kings of the earth on the earth.H3117H3068H6485H6635H4791H4791H4428H127H12722And they will be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in a pit {or} dungeon; they will be shut up in prison, and after many days they will be visited, inspected, {and} punished {or} pardoned.H622H616H626H953H5462H4525H7230H3117H648523Then the moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed, when [they compare their ineffectual fire to the light of] the Lord of hosts, Who will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders will show forth His glory.H3842H2659H2535H954H3068H6635H4427H2022H6726H3389H2205H3519
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