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The LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:1 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads Lord">a</a></span> is about to depopulate the land</p> <p class="poetry2">and devastate it;</p> <p class="poetry2">he will turn it upside down<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:1 Or distort its surface">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and scatter its inhabitants.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>It will be the same for the lay people as for priests,</p> <p class="poetry2">the same for servants as for their masters,</p> <p class="poetry2">for female servants as for their mistresses,</p> <p class="poetry2">for buyers as for sellers,</p> <p class="poetry2">for lenders as for borrowers,</p> <p class="poetry2">and for creditors as for debtors.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The earth will be utterly depopulated</p> <p class="poetry2">and completely laid waste —</p> <p class="poetry2">for the LORD has spoken this message.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:3 Lit. word">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“The earth dries up and withers;</p> <p class="poetry2">the world languishes and fades away;</p> <p class="poetry2">heaven fades away,</p> <p class="poetry2">along with the earth.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:4 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT reads the heavens fade away; cf. LXX reads the exalted ones of the earth mourn">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The earth lies defiled</p> <p class="poetry2">beneath its inhabitants;</p> <p class="poetry2">because they have transgressed the laws,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:5 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read the Law">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">violated the statutes,</p> <p class="poetry2">and broken the everlasting covenant.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore the curse keeps on consuming,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:6 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read consuming the earth">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and its inhabitants are declared guilty.</p> <p class="poetry2">Furthermore, the inhabitants of earth are ablaze,</p> <p class="poetry2">and few people are left.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The new wine evaporates;</p> <p class="poetry2">the vine and the oil<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:7 So 4QIsac; 1QIsaa MT LXX lack and the oil">g</a></span> dry up;</p> <p class="poetry2">all the merrymakers groan.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“The celebrations of the tambourine have ended,</p> <p class="poetry2">the noise of the jubilant has stopped,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the mirth that the harp produces has ended.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>No longer do they drink wine</p> <p class="poetry2">accompanied by singing;</p> <p class="poetry2">even beer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:9 Or and strong drink">h</a></span> tastes bitter to those who drink it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The chaotic city lies broken down;</p> <p class="poetry2">every house is closed up</p> <p class="poetry2">so that no one can enter them.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:10 1QIsaa MT lack them">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>There is an outcry in the streets over wine;</p> <p class="poetry2">all cheer turns to gloom;</p> <p class="poetry2">the fun times of the earth are banished.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Desolation remains in the city</p> <p class="poetry2">whose gates lie battered into ruins.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So it will be on the earth</p> <p class="poetry2">and among the nations—</p> <p class="poetry2">as when an olive tree is beaten,</p> <p class="poetry2">or as gleanings when the grape harvest has ended.”</p> <p class="heading">Glorifying God</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“They raise their voices;</p> <p class="poetry2">they shout for joy;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:14 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads and they shout">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">from the west<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:14 Lit. sea; so 1QIsaa MT; cf. LXX; 4QIsac reads day">k</a></span> they shout aloud<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:14 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads And they cry out">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">over the LORD’s majesty.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore, you in the east,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:15 So 1QIsaa MT; 4Q1sac reads in the east, in Aram; LXX lacks in the east">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">give glory to the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">You in the coastlands of the sea,</p> <p class="poetry2">give glory to the name of the LORD God of Israel!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>From the ends of the earth</p> <p class="poetry2">we hear songs of praise:</p> <p class="poetry2">‘Glory to the Righteous One!’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“But I say, ‘I am pining away,</p> <p class="poetry2">I’m pining away.</p> <p class="poetry2">How terrible things are for me!</p> <p class="poetry2">For treacherous people betray—</p> <p class="poetry2">treacherous people are betraying with treachery!’”</p> <p class="heading">The Universal Impact of Judgment</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Terror and pit and snare are coming in your direction,</p> <p class="poetry2">you inhabitants of the earth!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whoever flees at the sound of terror</p> <p class="poetry2">will fall into a pit,</p> <p class="poetry2">and whoever climbs out of the pit</p> <p class="poetry2">will be caught in a snare.</p> <p class="poetry2">For the windows of judgment<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:18 1QIsaa MT lack of judgment">n</a></span> from above are opened,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the foundations of the earth are shaken.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The earth is utterly shattered,</p> <p class="poetry2">the earth is split apart,</p> <p class="poetry2">the earth is violently shaken.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The earth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Earth">o</a></span> reels to and fro like a drunkard;</p> <p class="poetry2">it sways like a hut;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:20 So MT; 1QIsaa lacks like a hut ">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">its transgression lies so heavy upon it,</p> <p class="poetry2">that it falls, never to rise again.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“And it will come about at that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:21 Lit. about on that day">q</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD will punish</p> <p class="poetry2">the armies of the exalted ones in the heavens,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:21 Or ones on high">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and the rulers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:21 Lit. kings">s</a></span> of the earth on earth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:22 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read And they">t</a></span> will be herded together<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:22 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsac MT read together like prisoners">u</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">into the Pit;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:22 I.e., the place of punishment in the afterlife; or into a dungeon;">v</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">they will be shut up in prison,</p> <p class="poetry2">and after many days they will be punished.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then the moon will be embarrassed</p> <p class="poetry2">and the sun ashamed,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will reign</p> <p class="poetry2">on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem;</p> <p class="poetry2">and in the presence of its elders</p> <p class="poetry2">there will be glory.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 24:1 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads <i>Lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 24:1 Or <i>distort its surface</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 24:3 Lit. <i>word</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 24:4 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT reads <i>the heavens fade away</i>; cf. LXX reads <i>the exalted ones of the earth mourn</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 24:5 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read <i>the Law</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 24:6 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read <i>consuming the earth</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 24:7 So 4QIsac; 1QIsaa MT LXX lack <i>and the oil</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 24:9 Or <i>and strong drink</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 24:10 1QIsaa MT lack <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 24:14 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads <i>and they shout</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 24:14 Lit.<i> sea</i>; so 1QIsaa MT; cf. LXX; 4QIsac reads <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 24:14 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads <i>And they cry out</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 24:15 So 1QIsaa MT; 4Q1sac reads <i>in the east, in Aram</i>; LXX lacks <i>in the east</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 24:18 1QIsaa MT lack <i>of judgment</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 24:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>Earth</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 24:20 So MT; 1QIsaa lacks <i>like a hut</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 24:21 Lit. <i>about on that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 24:21 Or <i>ones on high</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 24:21 Lit. <i>kings</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 24:22 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read <i>And they</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 24:22 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsac MT read <i>together like prisoners</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 24:22 I.e., the place of punishment in the afterlife; or <i>into a dungeon</i>;<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>