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Isaiah 24

Judgment on the Earth

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Behold, the LORD  alays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.

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And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the  acreditor like the debtor.

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The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the LORD has spoken this word.

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The  aearth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the  bexalted of the people of the earth fade away.

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The earth is also  apolluted  1by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes,  bbroke the everlasting covenant.

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Therefore, a  acurse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the  binhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.

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The  anew wine mourns, The vine decays, All the merry-hearted sigh.

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The  agaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases.

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They do not drink wine with song;  aStrong drink is  bbitter to those who drink it.

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The  acity of chaos is broken down;  bEvery house is shut up so that none may enter.

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There is an  aoutcry in the streets concerning the wine;  bAll joy  1turns to gloom. The gaiety of the earth is banished.

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Desolation is left in the city And the  agate is battered to ruins.

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For  athus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the  1shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.

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 aThey raise their voices, they shout for joy; They cry out from the  1west concerning the majesty of the LORD.

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Therefore  aglorify the LORD in the  1east, The  bname of the LORD, the God of Israel, In the  2 ccoastlands of the sea.

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From the  aends of the earth we hear songs, " bGlory to the Righteous One," But I say, " 1 cWoe to me!  1Woe to me! Alas for me! The  dtreacherous deal treacherously, And the treacherous deal very treacherously."

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 aTerror and pit and snare  1Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.

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Then it will be that he who flees the  1report of disaster will fall into the pit, And he who  2climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; For the  awindows  3above are opened, and the  bfoundations of the earth shake.

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 aThe earth is broken asunder, The earth is  bsplit through, The earth is shaken violently.

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The earth  areels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a  1shack, For its  btransgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall,  cnever to rise again.

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So it will happen in that day, That the LORD will  apunish the host of  1heaven on high, And the  bkings of the earth on earth.

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They will be gathered together Like  aprisoners in the  1dungeon, And will be confined in prison; And after many days they will  bbe punished.

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Then the  amoon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For the  bLORD of hosts will reign on  cMount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders.



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