Isaiah 24
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Isaiah 24
1¶ Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it naked and turns it upside down and scatters abroad its inhabitants.
2And 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 taker of usury so with the giver of usury to him.
3The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled: for the Lord has spoken this word.
4The earth has destroyed itself and fallen; the world has become sick and fallen; the haughty peoples of the earth are become sick.
5The earth is also become bankrupt under its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, falsified the order, broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore the curse has consumed the earth, and those that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men left.
7The new wine is lost; the vine is sick; all those who were merryhearted sigh.
8The mirth of tambourines ceases; the noise of those that rejoice ends; the joy of the harp ceases.
9They shall not drink wine with a song; the drink shall be bitter to them that would drink it.
10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up that no man may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened; the mirth of the land is gone.
12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13¶ For thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the peoples as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
14These shall lift up their voice; they shall sing joyfully in the majesty of the Lord; they shall lift up their voice from the sea.
15Therefore glorify ye the Lord in the valleys; let the Lord God of Israel be called upon by name in the isles of the sea.
16¶ From the uttermost part of the earth we have heard psalms, Glory to the righteous one. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
17Fear and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18And it shall come to pass that he who shall flee from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that shall come up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: because from on high, windows have been opened, and the foundations of the earth shall shake.
19The earth shall be utterly broken down; the earth is clean dissolved; the earth is moved exceedingly.
20The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard and shall be removed like a cottage; and its transgression shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall and never rise again.
21And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall visit punishment upon the host of the high ones that are on high and upon the kings of the earth on the earth.
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 they shall be visited.
23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of the hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and in the presence of his ancients he shall be glorious.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Isaiah 24
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God’s Judgment on the Earth
1Behold, the Lord lays waste the earth
and leaves it in ruins.
He will twist its surface
and scatter its inhabitants—
2people and priest alike, servant and master,
maid and mistress, buyer and seller,
lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
3The earth will be utterly laid waste
and thoroughly plundered.
For the Lord has spoken this word.
4The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and fades;
the exalted of the earth waste away.
5The earth is defiled by its people;
they have transgressed the laws;
they have overstepped the decrees
and broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,
and its inhabitants must bear the guilt;
the earth’s dwellers have been burned,
and only a few survive.
7The new wine dries up, the vine withers.
All the merrymakers now groan.
8The joyful tambourines have ceased;
the noise of revelers has stopped;
the joyful harp is silent.
9They no longer sing and drink wine;
strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
10The city of chaos is shattered;
every house is closed to entry.
11In the streets they cry out for wine.
All joy turns to gloom;
rejoicing is exiled from the land.
12The city is left in ruins;
its gate is reduced to rubble.
13So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
like a harvested olive tree,
like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
14They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
from the west #24:14 Or from the sea they proclaim the majesty of the Lord.
15Therefore glorify the Lord in the east.
Extol the name of the Lord, the God of Israel
in the islands #24:15 Or coastlands of the sea.
16From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
“Glory to the Righteous One.”
But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away!
Woe is me.”
The treacherous betray;
the treacherous deal in treachery.
17Terror and pit and snare await you,
O dweller of the earth.
18Whoever flees the sound of panic
will fall into the pit,
and whoever climbs from the pit
will be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are open,
and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
19The earth is utterly broken apart,
the earth is split open,
the earth is shaken violently.
20The earth staggers like a drunkard
and sways like a shack.
Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,
and it falls, never to rise again.
21In that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven above
and the kings of the earth below.
22They will be gathered together
like prisoners in a pit.
They will be confined to a dungeon
and punished after many days.
23The moon will be confounded
and the sun will be ashamed;
for the Lord of Hosts will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before His elders with great glory.
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