Isaiah 24
24
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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Isaiah 24
24
The Lord Will Punish the World
1Look! The Lord will destroy the earth and leave it empty;
he will ruin the surface of the land and scatter its people.
2At that time the same thing will happen to everyone:
to common people and priests,
to slaves and masters,
to women slaves and their women masters,
to buyers and sellers,
to those who borrow and those who lend,
to bankers and those who owe the bank.
3The earth will be completely empty.
The wealth will all be taken,
because the Lord has commanded it.
4The earth will dry up and die;
the world will grow weak and die;
the great leaders in this land will become weak.
5The people of the earth have ruined it,
because they do not follow God’s teachings
or obey God’s laws
or keep their agreement with God that was to last forever.
6So a curse will destroy the earth.
The people of the world are guilty,
so they will be burned up;
only a few will be left.
7The new wine will be bad, and the grapevines will die.
People who were happy will be sad.
8The happy music of the tambourines will end.
The happy sounds of wild parties will stop.
The joyful music from the harps will end.
9People will no longer sing while they drink their wine.
The beer will taste bitter to those who drink it.
10The ruined city will be empty,
and people will hide behind closed doors.
11People in the streets will ask for wine,
but joy will have turned to sadness;
all the happiness will have left.
12The city will be left in ruins,
and its gates will be smashed to pieces.
13This is what will happen all over the earth
and to all the nations.
The earth will be like an olive tree after the harvest
or like the few grapes left on a vine after harvest.
14The people shout for joy.
From the west they praise the greatness of the Lord.
15People in the east, praise the Lord.
People in the islands of the sea,
praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16We hear songs from every part of the earth
praising God, the Righteous One.
But I said, “I am dying! I am dying!
How terrible it will be for me!
Traitors turn against people;
with their dishonesty, they turn against people.”
17There are terrors, holes, and traps
for the people of the earth.
18Anyone who tries to escape from the sound of terror
will fall into a hole.
Anyone who climbs out of the hole
will be caught in a trap.
The clouds in the sky will pour out rain,
and the foundations of the earth will shake.
19The earth will be broken up;
the earth will split open;
the earth will shake violently.
20The earth will stumble around like someone who is drunk;
it will shake like a hut in a storm.
Its sin is like a heavy weight on its back;
it will fall and never rise again.
21At that time the Lord will punish
the powers in the sky above
and the rulers on earth below.
22They will be gathered together
like prisoners thrown into a dungeon;
they will be shut up in prison.
After much time they will be punished.
23The moon will be embarrassed,
and the sun will be ashamed,
because the Lord All-Powerful will rule as king
on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem’s leaders will see his greatness.
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