ISAIAH 24
1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2 And 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
3 The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
5 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 The city of confusion 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 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the grape gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of the LORD they cry aloud from the sea.
15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles 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 dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh 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 do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall be moved to and fro like a hut; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And 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.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Cross-references
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- 1Nam 2:10, Isa 2:19, Isa 24:20, Isa 42:15, Ezk 12:20, Ezk 35:14, 2Ki 21:13, Isa 6:11–12
- 2Hos 4:9, Lam 5:12–14, Ezk 7:12–13, Jer 23:11–13, Isa 3:2–8, Dan 9:5–8, Ezk 14:8–10, Isa 2:9
- 3Isa 24:1, Isa 6:11, Deu 29:28, Mic 4:4, 2Ch 36:21, Ezk 36:4, Isa 21:17, Deu 29:23
- 4Hos 4:3, Isa 3:26, Isa 33:9, Isa 2:11–12, Isa 28:1, Jer 12:4, Jer 4:28, Isa 64:6
- 5Heb 13:20, Rom 8:20–21, Dan 7:25, Heb 9:1, 2Ki 22:13–17, Mrk 7:7–9, Isa 59:1–3, Isa 59:12–15
- 6Mal 4:1, Mat 7:14, Zec 5:3–4, Mal 4:6, Lev 26:22, Rom 9:27, Ezk 5:3, Deu 28:62
- 7Isa 16:10, Jol 1:10–12, Isa 16:8, Isa 32:9–13, Hos 9:1–2
- 8Hos 2:11, Rev 18:22, Ezk 26:13, Jer 7:34, Jer 16:9, Jer 25:10, Isa 23:15–16, Isa 5:12
- 9Ecc 9:7, Isa 5:22, Isa 5:11–12, Amo 8:3, Psa 69:12, Amo 6:5–7, Eph 5:18–19, Amo 8:10
- 10Rev 18:2, Rev 17:5–6, Isa 27:10, Isa 25:2, Gen 11:9, Mat 23:34–35, Jer 39:4, Isa 34:11
- 11Hos 7:14, Amo 5:16–20, Pro 31:6, Jol 1:15, Luk 16:25, Isa 24:7–9, Isa 9:19, Lam 5:14–15
- 12Mic 1:9, Lam 2:9, Lam 1:4, Mic 1:12, Lam 5:18, Lam 1:1, Isa 32:14, Jer 9:11
- 13Isa 1:9, Rev 11:2–3, Rom 11:2–6, Ezk 11:16–20, Ezk 9:4–6, Rev 3:4, Mic 2:12, Ezk 14:22–23
- 14Zec 2:10, Jer 31:12, Isa 35:10, Jer 30:19, Isa 44:23, Isa 54:1, Isa 12:1–6, Zep 3:14–20
- 15Mal 1:11, Isa 42:4, Isa 42:10, Isa 49:1, Isa 51:5, Isa 60:9, Zec 13:8–9, 1Pe 3:15
- 16Isa 21:2, Isa 33:1, Jer 3:20, Jer 5:11, Isa 66:19–20, Isa 17:4, Hos 6:7, Psa 106:15
- 17Jer 48:43–44, Jer 8:3, Amo 5:19, Ezk 14:21, Lev 26:21–22, 1Ki 19:17
- 18Gen 7:11, Psa 18:7, Jos 10:10–11, Amo 5:19, Psa 18:15, Psa 46:2–3, Job 20:24, Gen 19:24
- 19Isa 34:4–10, Jer 4:23–28, Nam 1:5, Isa 24:1–5, Rev 20:11, Deu 11:6, Mat 24:3, Hab 3:6
- 20Isa 19:14, Isa 29:9, Dan 11:19, Hos 4:1–5, Rev 18:21, Amo 8:14, Zec 5:5–8, Lam 1:14
- 21Psa 76:12, Zec 14:12–19, Isa 34:2–17, Psa 149:6–9, Isa 10:12, Rev 18:9, Rev 6:14–17, Ezk 38:1–23
- 22Zec 9:11, Jer 38:6–13, Isa 42:22, Jos 10:16–17, Isa 2:19, Jos 10:22–26, Ezk 38:8, Isa 24:17
- 23Isa 60:19, Rev 21:23, Isa 13:10, Rev 22:5, Heb 12:22, Isa 30:26, Rev 6:12–14, Mic 4:7
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Backsliders, Booth, Church, Colors, Criminals, Drunkenness, Earth, Earthquakes, Gentiles, Glorifying God, God, Harp, Interest, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Jesus, the Christ, Judgment, Lending, Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Moon, Music, Ordinance, Praise, Pride, Sun, Wicked (People), Wine, Worldliness