Isaiah 24
24
XXIV
1Behold, Jehovah is about to make the land empty, and to make it waste;
Yea, he will turn it upside down, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the handmaid, so with her mistress;
As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the debtor, so with the creditor.
3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled;
For Jehovah hath spoken this word.
4The land mourneth, it withereth;
The world languisheth, it withereth;
The high people of the land do languish.
5The land is even polluted under the inhabitants thereof;
For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the decree;
They have broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore doth a curse devour the land,
And the inhabitants thereof suffer punishment.
Therefore the inhabitants of the land are burnt up;
And men are left few in number.
7The new wine mourneth; the vine languisheth;
And the merry-hearted do sigh.
8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
The noise of them that rejoice endeth,
The joy of the harp ceaseth.
9They shall not drink wine in the song;
Strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10A desolate city is broken to pieces;
Every house is shut up, so that none can enter.
11There is a crying for wine in the streets,
All gladness hath vanished away;
The mirth of the land is gone.
12In the city is left devastation;
And the gate is battered down with a crash.
13For thus it shall be in the midst of the land, among the people,
As the shaking of an olive tree; as the gleaning when the harvest is finished.
14They shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for joy:
For the majesty of Jehovah they shall rejoice from the sea.
15Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the eastern regions,
Even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
16From the extremity of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous!
But I said: My leanness, my leanness, wo unto me! The plunders plunder; yea, the plunder the plunders plunder.
17The terror, and the pit, and the snare,
Are upon thee, O inhabitant of the land!
18And it shall be, that whoso fleeth from the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit;
And whoso cometh up out of the midst of the pit, shall be taken in the snare;
For the floodgates from on high are opened;
And the foundations of the earth tremble.
19The earth is utterly broken down,
The earth is shattered to pieces;
The earth is moved exceedingly.
20The earth verily reeleth like a drunkard,
And moveth to and fro like a hammock;
For her iniquity lieth heavy upon her;
And she shall fall, and rise no more.
21And it shall come to pass in that day,
That Jehovah shall punish on high the host that is on high;
And on earth the kings of the earth.
22And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered for the pit;
And shall be shut up in the prison:
And after many days shall they be visited.
23And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun shall be ashamed;
When Jehovah of hosts shall reign
On mount Zion, and in Jerusalem;
And before his ancients in glory.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 24
24
Judgment upon the World and the Lord’s Enthronement on Mount Zion#The world is about to be shaken by a devastating judgment that will overthrow both the human and divine enemies of the Lord, who will then reign in glory over his people on Mount Zion.
1See! The Lord is about to empty the earth and lay it waste;
he will twist its surface,
and scatter its inhabitants:#Is 13:9; Na 2:3, 11.
2People and priest shall fare alike:
servant and master,
Maid and mistress,
buyer and seller,
Lender and borrower,
creditor and debtor.#Hos 4:9.
3The earth shall be utterly laid waste, utterly stripped,
for the Lord has decreed this word.
4The earth mourns and fades,
the world languishes and fades;
both heaven and earth languish.#Is 33:9.
5The earth is polluted because of its inhabitants,
for they have transgressed laws, violated statutes,
broken the ancient covenant.#Ancient covenant: God’s commandments to all humankind (cf. Gn 9:4–6). #Nm 35:33; Hos 4:2–3.
6Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants pay for their guilt;
Therefore they who dwell on earth have dwindled,
and only a few are left.#Lv 26:15–16.
7The new wine mourns, the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted groan.#Jl 1:10–12.
8Stilled are the cheerful timbrels,
ended the shouts of the jubilant,
stilled the cheerful harp.#Jer 7:34; Hos 2:13.
9They no longer drink wine and sing;
strong brew is bitter to those who drink it.#Am 6:5–7.
10Broken down is the city of chaos,#City of chaos: a godless city which appears several times in chaps. 24–27; see note on 24:1–27:13.
every house is shut against entry.#Is 25:2.
11In the streets they cry out for lack of wine;
all joy has grown dim,
cheer is exiled from the land.#Jer 48:33; Lam 5:14–15.
12In the city nothing remains but desolation,
gates battered into ruins.
13For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth,
among the peoples,
As when an olive tree has been beaten,
as with a gleaning when the vintage is done.#Is 17:6; Mi 7:1.
14These#These: the saved. shall lift up their voice,
they shall sing for joy in the majesty of the Lord,
they shall shout from the western sea:
15“Therefore, in the east
give glory to the Lord!
In the coastlands of the sea,
to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel!”#Is 42:10, 12; Zep 2:11.
16From the end of the earth we hear songs:
“Splendor to the Just One!”
But I said, “I am wasted, wasted away.
Woe is me! The traitors betray;
with treachery have the traitors betrayed!#Is 21:2; 33:1.
17Terror, pit, and trap
for you, inhabitant of the earth!#Jer 48:43.
18One who flees at the sound of terror
will fall into the pit;
One who climbs out of the pit
will be caught in the trap.
For the windows on high are open
and the foundations of the earth shake.#Gn 7:11; Am 5:19.
19The earth will burst asunder,
the earth will be shaken apart,
the earth will be convulsed.
20The earth will reel like a drunkard,
sway like a hut;
Its rebellion will weigh it down;
it will fall, never to rise again.”#Am 5:2.
21On that day the Lord will punish
the host of the heavens#Host of the heavens: the stars, which were often regarded as gods; cf. Dt 4:19; Jer 8:2. in the heavens,
and the kings of the earth on the earth.
22They will be gathered together
like prisoners into a pit;
They will be shut up in a dungeon,
and after many days they will be punished.#2 Pt 2:4; Jude 6.
23Then the moon will blush
and the sun be ashamed,#Is 13:10; Jl 3:3–4; 4:15.
For the Lord of hosts will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
glorious in the sight of the elders.#The elders: the tradition in Ex 24:9–11 suggests that this refers to the people of God who are to share in the banquet on Mount Zion (Is 25:6–8). #Is 4:5; 60:1–3; Ex 24:9–11; Mi 4:7; Rev 19:4–6.
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