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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1Behold, the Lord will lay waste the earth and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter 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 creditor, so with the debtor.
3The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled;
for the Lord has spoken this word.
4The earth mourns and withers,
the world languishes and withers;
the heavens languish together with the earth.
5The earth lies polluted
under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore 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.
7The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
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Rev 18.22. The mirth of the timbrels is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9No more do they drink wine with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10The city of chaos is broken down,
every house is shut up so that none can enter.
11There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has reached its eventide;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12Desolation is left in the city,
the gates are battered into ruins.
13For 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.
14They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.
15Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16From 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.”
17Terror, and the pit, and the snare
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18He 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.
19The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is rent asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
20The 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.
21On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22They 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.
23Then the moon will be confounded,
and the sun ashamed;
for the Lord of hosts will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
and before his elders he will manifest his glory.
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