Isaiah 24

The LORD’s Devastation of the Earth

1 See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same for priest as for people, for the master as for his servant, for the mistress as for her servant, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
3 The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
4 The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth.
5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
7 The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
8 The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
9 No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!”
17 Terror and pit and snare await you, people of the earth.
18 Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
19 The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls—never to rise again.
21 In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished[a] after many days.
23 The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders—with great glory.

Cross References 78

  • 1. ver 20; Isaiah 2:19-21; Isaiah 33:9; Jeremiah 25:29
  • 2. S Joshua 6:17; S Isaiah 13:5
  • 3. S Genesis 11:9
  • 4. Hosea 4:9
  • 5. Ezekiel 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
  • 6. S Leviticus 25:35-37; Deuteronomy 23:19-20; Isaiah 3:1-7
  • 7. S Genesis 6:13
  • 8. Isaiah 6:11-12; Isaiah 10:6
  • 9. S Isaiah 7:7
  • 10. Jeremiah 12:11; Jeremiah 14:4; Joel 1:10
  • 11. S Isaiah 15:6
  • 12. S Isaiah 2:12
  • 13. S Isaiah 3:26
  • 14. S Genesis 3:17; Numbers 35:33
  • 15. S Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 59:12; Jeremiah 7:28
  • 16. S Genesis 9:11; S Jeremiah 11:10
  • 17. S Joshua 23:15
  • 18. S Isaiah 1:31
  • 19. Jeremiah 48:33; Joel 1:5
  • 20. Isaiah 7:23; S Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 32:10; Joel 1:10-12
  • 21. S Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 16:8-10
  • 22. S Genesis 31:27; S Isaiah 5:12
  • 23. Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Hosea 2:11
  • 24. S Isaiah 5:14; S Isaiah 21:5
  • 25. S Psalms 137:2; Revelation 18:22
  • 26. Lamentations 5:14; Ezekiel 26:13
  • 27. Isaiah 5:11,22
  • 28. Isaiah 5:20
  • 29. Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 26:5
  • 30. S Genesis 1:2; S Isaiah 6:11
  • 31. S Psalms 144:14
  • 32. Lamentations 2:12
  • 33. S Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 16:10; Isaiah 32:13; Jeremiah 14:3
  • 34. S Isaiah 19:18
  • 35. S Isaiah 3:26; S Isaiah 13:2
  • 36. S Deuteronomy 30:4; S Isaiah 17:6
  • 37. Obadiah 1:5; Micah 7:1
  • 38. S Isaiah 12:6
  • 39. Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 49:12
  • 40. S Psalms 113:3
  • 41. Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 66:19; 2 Thessalonians 1:12
  • 42. S Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 59:19; Malachi 1:11
  • 43. S Isaiah 12:4
  • 44. S Isaiah 11:11
  • 45. S Psalms 48:10
  • 46. S Psalms 65:8
  • 47. Isaiah 28:5; Isaiah 60:1,19
  • 48. S Ezra 9:15
  • 49. S Leviticus 26:39
  • 50. 1 Samuel 4:8; S Isaiah 5:8; Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 45:3
  • 51. S Psalms 25:3
  • 52. Isaiah 21:2; Isaiah 33:1; Jeremiah 3:6,20; Jeremiah 5:11; Jeremiah 9:2; Hosea 5:7; Hosea 9:1
  • 53. Deuteronomy 32:23-25
  • 54. Isaiah 8:14; Jeremiah 48:43
  • 55. Luke 21:35
  • 56. S Job 20:24
  • 57. Isaiah 42:22
  • 58. S Job 18:9; S Isaiah 8:14; Lamentations 3:47; Ezekiel 12:13
  • 59. S Genesis 7:11
  • 60. S Judges 5:4; S Job 9:6; S Psalms 11:3; S Ezekiel 38:19; Psalms 18:7
  • 61. S Psalms 46:2
  • 62. S Deuteronomy 11:6
  • 63. S Job 12:25; Isaiah 19:14
  • 64. S Job 27:18
  • 65. S Isaiah 1:2,28; Isaiah 43:27; Isaiah 58:1
  • 66. S Psalms 46:2
  • 67. S Job 12:14
  • 68. S Isaiah 2:11; S Isaiah 10:20; Revelation 16:14
  • 69. Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 13:11; Jeremiah 25:29
  • 70. 1 Corinthians 6:3; Ephesians 6:11-12
  • 71. S Isaiah 2:12
  • 72. S Isaiah 10:4
  • 73. Isaiah 42:7,22; Luke 8:31; Revelation 20:7-10
  • 74. Ezekiel 38:8
  • 75. S Isaiah 13:10
  • 76. S Psalms 97:1; Revelation 22:5
  • 77. S Isaiah 2:2; Hebrews 12:22
  • 78. Isaiah 28:5; Isaiah 41:16; Isaiah 45:25; Isaiah 60:19; Ezekiel 48:35; Zechariah 2:5; Revelation 21:23

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