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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Curse of Empty Land
1Behold, Adonai makes the land empty and makes it waste, twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.
2So it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen, as with a servant, so with his master, as with a maid, so with her mistress, as with a buyer, so with the seller, as with a lender, so with the borrower, as with a creditor, so with the debtor.
3The land will be utterly emptied, and totally plundered. For Adonai has spoken this word.
4The land faints and fades away, The world wilts and fades away, The exalted people of the earth wilt.
5The land is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed Torah, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore a curse will devour the land. Those dwelling there are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the land will be burned up, so the people remaining are few.
7The new wine fails, the vine wilts, all the merry-hearted sigh.
8The glee of tambourines stops, the noise of revelers ends, the joy of the harp ceases.
9They no longer drink wine with song. Liquor is bitter to those drinking it.
10The shattered city is in chaos. Every house is shut up, none may enter.
11In the streets is an outcry for wine; all joy becomes dark as evening; the mirth of the land is banished.
12The city is left in ruins; the gate is battered down.
Last Days’ Judgments
13So will it be in the earth and among the nations, as when shaking an olive tree, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
14They will raise their voices, They will sing for joy, of the majesty of Adonai they shout from the sea.
15‘Therefore glorify Adonai in the east, the Name of Adonai, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
16From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I say, “I waste away, I waste away! Oy to me! Traitors betray! With treachery traitors betray!”
17Panic, pit and trap are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18And it shall come to pass: whoever flees from the sound of panic will fall in the pit, and whoever climbs up out of the pit will be caught in the trap. For the windows of heaven are opened and the foundations of the earth shake.
19The earth is broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken utterly.
20The earth reels to and fro like a drunk, and sways like a hut. its transgression is so heavy upon it that it will fall and never rise again.
21It will come about in that day, Adonai will punish the host of heaven on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
22They will be gathered together, like prisoners in the Pit, and will be shut up in the prison, and after many days be punished.
23Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, for Adonai-Tzva’ot will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders, gloriously.
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