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Isaiah 24	Isaiah 24
Isaiah 24:1 Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.	Isaiah 24:1 See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.
Isaiah 24:2 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.	Isaiah 24:2 And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.
Isaiah 24:3 The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.	Isaiah 24:3 The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.
Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.	Isaiah 24:4 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.
Isaiah 24:5 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.	Isaiah 24:5 The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.
Isaiah 24:6 Therefore 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.	Isaiah 24:6 For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.
Isaiah 24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.	Isaiah 24:7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
Isaiah 24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.	Isaiah 24:8 The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
Isaiah 24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.	Isaiah 24:9 There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
Isaiah 24:10 The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.	Isaiah 24:10 The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
Isaiah 24:11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.	Isaiah 24:11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
Isaiah 24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.	Isaiah 24:12 In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
Isaiah 24:13 For 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.	Isaiah 24:13 For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done.
Isaiah 24:14 These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.	Isaiah 24:14 But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord.
Isaiah 24:15 Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.	Isaiah 24:15 Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.
Isaiah 24:16 From 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.	Isaiah 24:16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
Isaiah 24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.	Isaiah 24:17 Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.
Isaiah 24:18 And 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.	Isaiah 24:18 And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.
Isaiah 24:19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.	Isaiah 24:19 The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.
Isaiah 24:20 The 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.	Isaiah 24:20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.
Isaiah 24:21 And 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.	Isaiah 24:21 And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.
Isaiah 24:22 And 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.	Isaiah 24:22 And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment.
Isaiah 24:23 Then 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.	Isaiah 24:23 Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.