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Isaiah 24 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Isa 24:1Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Isa 24:2And 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
Isa 24:3The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
Isa 24:4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
Isa 24:5The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isa 24:6Therefore 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.
Isa 24:7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
Isa 24:8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Isa 24:9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isa 24:10The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Isa 24:11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Isa 24:12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Isa 24:13For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
Isa 24:14These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.
Isa 24:15Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
Isa 24:16From 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; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
Isa 24:17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isa 24:18And 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 tremble.
Isa 24:19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
Isa 24:20The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Isa 24:21And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
Isa 24:22And 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.
Isa 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
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