Isa 24 | NASB1995 | STEP | Behold , the Lord lays the earth waste , devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants .

Isaiah 24

Judgment on the Earth

1 Behold, the Lord ^alays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the ^bcreditor like the debtor. 3 The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The ^cearth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the ^dexalted of the people of the earth fade away. 5 The earth is also ^epolluted ^{▼▼ Lit under}by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, ^gbroke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a ^hcurse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the ⁱinhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. 7 The ^jnew wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
8 The ^kgaiety of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The gaiety of the harp ceases.
9 They do not drink wine with song;
^lStrong drink is ^mbitter to those who drink it.
10 The ⁿcity of chaos is broken down;
^oEvery house is shut up so that none may enter.
11 There is an ^poutcry in the streets concerning the wine;
^qAll joy ^{▼▼ Lit is darkened}turns to gloom.
The gaiety of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the ^sgate is battered to ruins.
13 For ^tthus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the ^{▼▼ Lit striking}shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
14 ^vThey raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the ^{▼▼ Lit sea}west concerning the majesty of the Lord.
15 Therefore ^xglorify the Lord in the ^{▼▼ Lit region of light}east,
The ^zname of the Lord, the God of Israel,
In the ^{▼▼ Or islands
,} ^abcoastlands of the sea.
16 From the ^acends of the earth we hear songs, ^ad“Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, ^{▼▼ Lit Wasting to me!
,} ^af“Woe to me! ^{▼▼ Lit Wasting to me!}Woe to me! Alas for me!
The ^ahtreacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 ^aiTerror and pit and snare
^{▼▼ Lit Are upon you}Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that he who flees the ^{▼▼ Lit sound of terror}report of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he who ^{▼▼ Lit goes up from the midst of}climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the ^amwindows ^{▼▼ Lit from the height; i.e. heaven}above are opened, and the ^aofoundations of the earth shake.
19 ^apThe earth is broken asunder,
The earth is ^aqsplit through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth ^arreels to and fro like a drunkard
And it totters like a ^{▼▼ Or hut}shack,
For its ^attransgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, ^aunever to rise again.
21 So it will happen in that day,
That the Lord will ^avpunish the host of ^{▼▼ Lit the height in the height}heaven on high,
And the ^axkings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like ^ayprisoners in the ^{▼▼ Lit pit}dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will ^ba be punished.
23 Then the ^bbmoon will be abashed and the sun ashamed,
For the ^bcLord of hosts will reign on ^bdMount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.