New American Standard Bible 2020

Isaiah 24:1-8

1Behold, the Lord 1lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. 2And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the 2creditor like the debtor. 3The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4The 3earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the 4exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. 5The earth is also 5defiled 6by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and 7broke the everlasting covenant. 6Therefore, a 8curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the 9inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.

7The 10new wine mourns, The vine decays, All the joyful-hearted sigh.8The 11joy of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The joy of the harp ceases.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 24:1 Is 2:19; 13:13; 24:19, 20; 30:32; 33:9 ↩
2. Isaiah 24:2 Lev 25:36, 37; Deut 23:19, 20 ↩
3. Isaiah 24:4 Is 33:9 ↩
4. Isaiah 24:4 Is 2:12; 24:21 ↩
5. Isaiah 24:5 Gen 3:17; Num 35:33; Is 9:17; 10:6 ↩
6. Isaiah 24:5 Lit under ↩
7. Isaiah 24:5 Is 33:8 ↩
8. Isaiah 24:6 Josh 23:15; Is 34:5; 43:28; Zech 5:3, 4 ↩
9. Isaiah 24:6 Is 1:31; 5:24; 9:19 ↩
10. Isaiah 24:7 Is 16:10; Joel 1:10, 12 ↩
11. Isaiah 24:8 Is 5:12, 14; Ezek 26:13; Hos 2:11; Rev 18:22 ↩

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