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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 24 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Isaiah 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/23.htm" title="Isaiah 23">◄</a> Isaiah 24 <a href="../isaiah/25.htm" title="Isaiah 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Earth Will Be Punished</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_24_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.1" class="v23_24_1">1</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is going to twist the earth out of shape and turn it into a desert. Everyone will be scattered, </span><span class="v23_24_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.2" class="v23_24_2">2</span>including ordinary people and priests, slaves and slave owners, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, the rich and the poor. </span><span class="v23_24_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.3" class="v23_24_3">3</span>The earth will be stripped bare and left that way. This is what the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has promised.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.4" class="v23_24_4">4</span>The earth wilts away;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_4">its mighty leaders melt</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_4">to nothing.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.24.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.5" class="v23_24_5">5</span>The earth is polluted</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_5">because its people</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_5">disobeyed the laws of God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_5">breaking their agreement</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_5">that was to last forever.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.6" class="v23_24_6">6</span>The earth is under a curse;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_6">its people are dying out</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_6">because of their sins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.7" class="v23_24_7">7</span>Grapevines have dried up:</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_7">wine is almost gone—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_7">mournful sounds are heard</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_7">instead of joyful shouts.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.8" class="v23_24_8">8</span>No one plays tambourines</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_8">or stringed instruments;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_8">all noisy celebrating</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_8">has come to an end.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.9" class="v23_24_9">9</span>They no longer sing</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_9">as they drink their wine,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_9">and it tastes sour.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.10" class="v23_24_10">10</span>Towns are crushed and in chaos;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_10">houses are locked tight.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.11" class="v23_24_11">11</span>Happy times have disappeared</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_11">from the earth,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_11">and people shout in the streets,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_11">“We're out of wine!”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.12" class="v23_24_12">12</span>Cities are destroyed;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_12">their gates are torn down.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_13"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.13" class="v23_24_13">13</span>Nations will be stripped bare,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_13">like olive trees or vineyards</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_13">after the harvest season.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Praise the God of Justice</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_14"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.14" class="v23_24_14">14</span>People in the west shout;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_14">they joyfully praise</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_14">the majesty of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_15"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.15" class="v23_24_15">15</span>And so, everyone in the east</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_15">and those on the islands</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_15">should praise the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_15">the God of Israel.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_16"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.16" class="v23_24_16">16</span>From all over the world</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_16">songs of praise are heard</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_16">for the God of justice.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.24.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_16">But I feel awful,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_16">terribly miserable.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_16">Can anyone be trusted?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_16">So many are treacherous!</span></p><h3 class="s1">There's No Escape</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_17"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.17" class="v23_24_17">17</span>Terror, traps, and pits</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_17">are waiting for everyone.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_18"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.18" class="v23_24_18">18</span>If you are terrified and run,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_18">you will fall into a pit;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_18">if you crawl out of the pit,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_18">you will get caught in a trap.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_18">The sky has split apart</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_18">like a window thrown open.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_18">The foundations of the earth</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_18">have been shaken;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_19"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.19" class="v23_24_19">19</span>the earth is shattered,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_19">ripped to pieces.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_20"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.20" class="v23_24_20">20</span>It staggers and shakes</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_20">like a drunkard</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_20">or a hut in a windstorm.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_20">It is burdened down with sin;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_20">the earth will fall,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_20">never again to get up.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_21"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.21" class="v23_24_21">21</span>On that day the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_21">will punish the powers</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_21">in the heavens<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.24.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_21">and the kings of the earth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_22"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.22" class="v23_24_22">22</span>He will put them in a pit</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_22">and keep them prisoner.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_22">Then later on,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_22">he will punish them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_23"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.24.23" class="v23_24_23">23</span>Both the moon and sun will</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_23">be embarrassed and ashamed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_23">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful will rule</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_23">on Mount Zion in Jerusalem,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_24_23">where he will show its rulers</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_24_23">his wonderful glory.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">its … to nothing: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">God of justice: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “people who do right.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.21 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the powers in the heavens: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In ancient times the stars were thought of as powerful spiritual beings, and sometimes they stood for pagan gods.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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