Isa 1:7, 3:26, 24:1-12 | ESV | STEP | Your country lies desolate ; your cities are burned with fire ; in your very presence foreigners devour your land ; it is desolate , as overthrown by foreigners .

Isaiah 1:7

7 ^aYour country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
foreigners devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

Isaiah 3:26

26 And ^bher gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall ^csit on the ground.

Isaiah 24:1-12

Judgment on the Whole Earth

1 Behold, ^dthe Lord will empty the earth ^{▼▼Or land; also throughout this chapter} and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
2 ^fAnd 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;
^gas with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
^has with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 ⁱThe earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
^jfor the Lord has spoken this word.
4 ^kThe earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
5 The earth lies ^ldefiled
under its inhabitants;
for ^mthey have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore ⁿa curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants ^osuffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
7 ^pThe wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 ^qThe mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine ^rwith singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 ^sThe wasted city is broken down;
^tevery house is shut up so that none can enter.
11 ^uThere is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
^vall joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.