Isaiah 24
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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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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.
8 #
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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