Isa 24:1-3, 34:11, Jer 48:11-12, Nah 2:2, 9-10 | ESV | STEP | Behold , the Lord will empty the earth and make it desolate , and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants .

Isaiah 24:1-3

Judgment on the Whole Earth

1 Behold, ^athe 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 ^cAnd 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;
^das with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
^eas with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 ^fThe earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
^gfor the Lord has spoken this word.

Isaiah 34:11

11 ^hBut the hawk and the porcupine ^{▼▼The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain} shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
^jHe shall stretch the line of ^kconfusion ^{▼▼Hebrew formlessness} over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.

Jeremiah 48:11-12

11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has ^msettled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
12 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his ^{▼▼Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew their} jars in pieces.

Nahum 2:2

2 For ^othe Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and ^pruined their branches.

Nahum 2:9-10

9 Plunder the silver,
plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.
10 ^qDesolate! Desolation and ruin!
^rHearts melt and ^sknees tremble;
^tanguish is in all loins;
^uall faces grow pale!