Behold,
the LORD makes the earth
empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And
scatters abroad its inhabitants. [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 creditor, so
with the debtor. [3] The land shall be entirely emptied
and utterly plundered, For the LORD has spoken this word.
[4] The earth mourns [and] fades away, The world
languishes [and] fades away; The haughty people of the
earth languish. [5] The earth is also defiled under its
inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant.
[6] Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those
who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of
the earth are burned, And few men [are] left. [7] The new
wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted
sigh. [8] The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of
the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases. [9] They
shall not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter
to those who drink it. [10] The city of confusion is
broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go
in. [11] [There is] a cry for wine in the streets, All joy
is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone. [12] In the
city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with
destruction. [13] When it shall be thus in the midst of
the land among the people, [It shall be] like the shaking
of an olive tree, Like the gleaning of grapes when the
vintage is done. [14] They shall lift up their voice, they
shall sing; For the majesty of the LORD They shall cry
aloud from the sea. [15] Therefore glorify the LORD in the
dawning light, The name of the LORD God of Israel in the
coastlands of the sea. [16] From the ends of the earth we
have heard songs: "Glory to the righteous!" But I said, "I
am ruined, ruined! Woe to me! The treacherous dealers have
dealt treacherously, Indeed, the treacherous dealers have
dealt very treacherously." [17] Fear and the pit and the
snare [Are] upon you, O inhabitant of the earth. [18] And
it shall be [That] he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit, And he who comes up from the
midst of the pit Shall be caught in the snare; For the
windows from on high are open, And the foundations of the
earth are shaken. [19] The earth is violently broken, The
earth is split open, The earth is shaken exceedingly. [20]
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, And shall
totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be heavy upon
it, And it will fall, and not rise again. [21] It shall
come to pass in that day [That] the LORD will punish on
high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings
of the earth. [22] They will be gathered together, [As]
prisoners are gathered in the pit, And will be shut up in
the prison; After many days they will be punished. [23]
Then the moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed; For
the LORD of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in
Jerusalem And before His elders, gloriously.
Isaiah 24:1-23 NKJV
For His Glory, Honor, &
Praise,
Joe Wise