The Book of Isaiah
24: 1Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it
upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 24:2And it shall be, as
with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with
the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the
creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of
interest to him. 24:3The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for
Jehovah hath spoken this word. 24:4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world
languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish. 24:5The earth
also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the
laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. 24:6Therefore hath the
curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore
the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 24:7The new wine
mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh. 24:8The mirth of
tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
24:9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that
drink it. 24:10The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man
may come in. 24:11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is
darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 24:12In the city is left desolation, and the
gate is smitten with destruction. 24:13For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth
among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the
vintage is done. 24:14These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty
of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea. 24:15Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the
east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea. 24:16From
the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I
said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt
treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. 24:17Fear, and the
pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 24:18And it shall come to
pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he
that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the
windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. 24:19The
earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
24:20The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a
hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall,
and not rise again. 24:21And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will
punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the
earth. 24:22And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit,
and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts
will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.