Isaiah Chapter 24 (NIV)
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The Lord’s Devastation of the EarthSee, the Lord is going to lay waste the earthand devastate it;he will ruin its faceand scatter its inhabitants—
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it will be the samefor priest as for people,for master as for servant,for mistress as for maid,for seller as for buyer,for borrower as for lender,for debtor as for creditor.
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The earth will be completely laid wasteand totally plundered.The Lord has spoken this word.
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The earth dries up and withers,the world languishes and withers,the exalted of the earth languish.
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The earth is defiled by its people;they have disobeyed the laws,violated the statutesand broken the everlasting covenant.
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Therefore a curse consumes the earth;its people must bear their guilt.Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,and very few are left.
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The new wine dries up and the vine withers;all the merrymakers groan.
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The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled,the noise of the revelers has stopped,the joyful harp is silent.
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No longer do they drink wine with a song;the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
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The ruined city lies desolate;the entrance to every house is barred.
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In the streets they cry out for wine;all joy turns to gloom,all gaiety is banished from the earth.
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The city is left in ruins,its gate is battered to pieces.
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So will it be on the earthand among the nations,as when an olive tree is beaten,or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
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They raise their voices, they shout for joy;from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
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Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,in the islands of the sea.
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From the ends of the earth we hear singing:“Glory to the Righteous One.”But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!Woe to me!The treacherous betray!With treachery the treacherous betray!”
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Terror and pit and snare await you,O people of the earth.
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Whoever flees at the sound of terrorwill fall into a pit;whoever climbs out of the pitwill be caught in a snare.The floodgates of the heavens are opened,the foundations of the earth shake.
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The earth is broken up,the earth is split asunder,the earth is thoroughly shaken.
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The earth reels like a drunkard,it sways like a hut in the wind;so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellionthat it falls—never to rise again.
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In that day the Lord will punishthe powers in the heavens aboveand the kings on the earth below.
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They will be herded togetherlike prisoners bound in a dungeon;they will be shut up in prisonand be punished after many days.
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The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed;for the Lord Almighty will reignon Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,and before its elders, gloriously.
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