Isa 24 | NASB2020 | STEP | Behold , the Lord lays the earth waste , devastates it, twists its surface , and scatters its inhabitants .

Isaiah 24

Judgment on the Earth

1 Behold, the Lord ^alays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant 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 plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The ^cearth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the ^dexalted of the people of the earth dwindle. 5 The earth is also ^edefiled ^{▼▼Lit under}by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and ^gbroke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a ^hcurse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the ⁱinhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.

7 The ^jnew wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the joyful-hearted sigh.
8 The ^kjoy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They do not drink wine with song;
^lIntoxicating drink is ^mbitter to those who drink it.
10 The ⁿcity of chaos is broken down;
^oEvery house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an ^poutcry in the streets concerning the wine;
^qAll joy ^{▼▼Lit is darkened}turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the ^sgate is battered to ruins.
13 For ^tso 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: “ ^adGlory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “ ^{▼▼Meaning uncertain}I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me!
The ^aftreacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 ^agTerror and pit and snare
^{▼▼Lit Are upon you}Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who ^{▼▼Lit goes up from the midst of}climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the ^ajwindows ^{▼▼Lit from the height; i.e., heaven}above are opened, and the ^alfoundations of the earth shake.
19 ^amThe earth is broken apart,
The earth is ^ansplit through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth ^aotrembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its ^apwrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, ^aqnever to rise again.
21 So it will happen on that day,
That the Lord will ^arpunish the rebellious ^{▼▼Lit host
,} ^atangels of ^{▼▼Lit the height in the height}heaven on high,
And the ^avkings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like ^awprisoners in the ^{▼▼Lit pit}dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will ^aybe punished.
23 Then the ^azmoon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame,
For the ^baLord of armies will reign on ^bbMount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.