Isaiah Chapter 24 World English Bible

Isaiah 24:1

Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.

Isaiah 24:2

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.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

Isaiah 24:4

The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

Isaiah 24:8

The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.

Isaiah 24:9

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 24:10

The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

Isaiah 24:11

There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

Isaiah 24:12

In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

Isaiah 24:13

For 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.

Isaiah 24:14

These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Yahweh they cry aloud from the sea.

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea!

Isaiah 24:16

From 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; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

Isaiah 24:17

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, O inhabitant of the earth.

Isaiah 24:18

It shall happen, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes 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.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth is utterly broken, the earth is torn apart, the earth is shaken violently.

Isaiah 24:20

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway back and forth like a hammock; and the disobedience of it shall be heavy on it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Isaiah 24:21

It shall happen in that day, that Yahweh will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

Isaiah 24:22

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.

Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.