Isaiah 24
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1Watch out! The Lord is going to destroy the earth, to make it totally devastated. He's going to rip up the surface of the earth and scatter its inhabitants. 2It will happen the same for everybody—whether people or priests, servants or their masters, maids or their mistresses, buyers or sellers, lenders or borrowers, creditors or debtors. 3The earth will be completely laid waste and looted. This is what the Lord has said.
4The earth dries up and withers away; the world shrivels up and withers away, the high and mighty people#24:4. “The high and mighty people”: or, “the heavens.” shrivel up along with the earth. 5The earth is polluted by its people; they have flouted God's laws, violated his regulations, and broken the eternal agreement with him. 6That is why a curse is destroying the earth. The people suffer because of their guilt. The inhabitants of the earth are burned up and only a few survive. 7The new wine dries up, and the vine withers. All the people celebrating groan. 8The happy sound of tambourines is over; the noise of the party-goers has stopped; the delightful harp music has finished. 9People don't sing any more as they drink wine, and the beer tastes bitter. 10The chaotic city is falling apart; every house is barred shut to keep others out. 11Crowds on the street are shouting, demanding to have wine. Joy turns into darkness. There's no happiness left on earth. 12The city is in a horrible state of ruin; its gates have been broken down. 13This is the way it's going to be all throughout the earth among the nations—only a few olives are left after the tree is shaken, only a few grapes are left to be gleaned after the harvest.
14These survivors shout aloud and sing for joy. From the west they praise the Lord's majesty. 15From the east they glorify the Lord; from the sea shores they praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 16We hear songs coming from the ends of the earth, singing, “Glory to the God who does right.”
But I'm miserable, miserable. Pity me! Deceitful people go on betraying, again and again.#24:16. In the Hebrew this line is literally, “The treacherous deal treacherously, with treachery the treacherous deal treacherously.” 17Terrors and pit-traps and snares are waiting for you, people of the earth. 18Those who run away in terror will fall into a pit-trap, and those who escape from the pit-trap will be caught in a snare. Heaven's windows#24:18. “Heaven's windows”: usually associated with rainfall/floods. are opened; earth's foundations shake. 19The earth is completely broken up; the earth is ripped apart, the earth is violently shaken. 20The earth staggers to and fro like a drunk, and sways this way and that like a shelter. The guilt of its rebelliousness weighs heavily on it, and it collapses—it won't rise again.
21At that time the Lord will punish all the high heavenly beings and the kings of the earth. 22They will be brought together, prisoners in a pit. They will be imprisoned, and eventually they will be punished. 23The moon will be embarrassed and the sun will be ashamed,#24:23. Because their light will seem so dim in comparison to the Lord's glory. for the Lord Almighty will reign in glory on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem in the presence of its leaders.
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Isaiah 24
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The Lord Will Destroy the Earth
1The Lord is going to completely destroy everything on earth.
He will twist its surface.
He’ll scatter those who live on it.
2Priests and people alike will suffer.
So will masters and their servants.
And so will women and their female servants.
Sellers and buyers alike will suffer.
So will those who borrow and those who lend.
And so will those who owe money and those who lend it.
3The earth will be completely destroyed.
Everything of value will be taken out of it.
That’s what the Lord has said.
4The earth will dry up completely.
The world will dry up and waste away.
The heavens will fade away along with the earth.
5The earth is polluted by its people.
They haven’t obeyed the laws of the Lord.
They haven’t done what he told them to do.
They’ve broken the covenant that will last forever.
6So the Lord will send a curse on the earth.
Its people will pay for what they’ve done.
They will be burned up.
Very few of them will be left.
7The vines and fresh wine will dry up completely.
Those who used to have a good time will groan.
8The happy sounds of tambourines will be gone.
The noise of those who enjoy wild parties will stop.
The joyful music of harps will become silent.
9People will no longer sing as they drink wine.
Beer will taste bitter to those who drink it.
10Destroyed cities will lie empty.
People will lock themselves inside their houses.
11In the streets people will cry out for wine.
All joy will turn into sadness.
All joyful sounds will be driven out of the earth.
12All the buildings will be knocked down.
Every city gate will be smashed to pieces.
13That’s how it will be on the earth.
And that’s how it will be among the nations.
It will be as when workers knock all but a few olives off the trees.
It will be like a vine that has only a few grapes left after the harvest.
14Those who are left alive will shout for joy.
People from the west will praise the Lord because he is the King.
15So give glory to him, you who live in the east.
Honor the name of the Lord, you who are in the islands of the sea.
He is the God of Israel.
16From one end of the earth to the other we hear singing.
People are saying,
“Give glory to the God who always does what is right.”
But I said, “I feel very bad.
I’m getting weaker and weaker.
How terrible it is for me!
People turn against one another.
They can’t be trusted.
So they turn against one another.”
17Listen, you people of the earth.
Terror, a pit and a trap are waiting for you.
18Anyone who runs away from the terror
will fall into the pit.
Anyone who climbs out of the pit
will be caught in the trap.
The Lord will open the windows of the skies.
He will flood the land.
The foundations of the earth will shake.
19The earth will be broken up.
It will split open.
It will be shaken to pieces.
20The earth will be unsteady like someone who is drunk.
It will sway like a tent in the wind.
Its sin will weigh so heavily on it that it will fall.
It will never get up again.
21At that time the Lord will punish
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens above.
He will also punish the kings on the earth below.
22They will be brought together
like prisoners in chains.
They’ll be locked up in prison.
After many days the Lord will punish them.
23The Lord who rules over all will rule
on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
The elders of the city will be there.
They will see his great glory.
His rule will be so glorious that the sun and moon
will be too ashamed to shine.
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