The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Isaiah 24
1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth
empty, makes it waste, turns it upside
down, and scatters its inhabitants.
2 It will 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.
3 The earth will be utterly emptied and
utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken
this word.
4 The earth mourns and fades away. The
world languishes and fades away. The
lofty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed
the laws, violated the statutes, and broken
the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore the curse has devoured the
earth, and those who dwell therein are
found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of
the earth are burned, and few men are left.
7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The
sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy
of the harp ceases.
9 They will not drink wine with a song.
Strong drink will be bitter to those who
drink it.
10 The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may
come in.
11 There is a crying in the streets because
of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth
of the land is gone.
12 The city is left in desolation, and the
gate is struck with destruction.
13For it willbe so withinthe earthamong
the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree,
as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 These shall lift up their voice. They
will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They
cry aloud from the sea.
15 Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east,
even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
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.
17 Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you
who inhabit the earth.
18 It will happen that he who flees from
the noise of the fear will fall into the pit;
and he who comes up out of the middle
of the pit will be taken in the snare; for
the windows on high are opened, and the
foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth
is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth will stagger like a drunken
man, and will sway back and forth like a
hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy
on it, and it will fall and not rise again.
21 It will happen in that day that Yahweh
will punish the army of the high ones on
high, and the kings of the earth on the
earth.
22 They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be
shut up in the prison; and after many days
they will be visited.
23 Then the moon will be confounded,
and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of
Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in
Jerusalem; and glory will be before his
elders.