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Isaiah 24:1-6
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 24:1-6
New American Standard Bible
Judgment on the Earth
24 Behold, the Lord (A)lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And 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 (B)creditor like the debtor. 3 The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The (C)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (D)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. 5 The earth is also (E)defiled [a]by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and (F)broke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a (G)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the (H)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.
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- Isaiah 24:5 Lit under
Isaiah 24:1-6
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Isaiah 24:1-6
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The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth
24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(A)
and devastate(B) it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter(C) its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,(D)
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,(E)
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.(F)
3 The earth will be completely laid waste(G)
and totally plundered.(H)
The Lord has spoken(I) this word.
4 The earth dries up(J) and withers,(K)
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens(L) languish with the earth.(M)
5 The earth is defiled(N) by its people;
they have disobeyed(O) the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.(P)
6 Therefore a curse(Q) consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(R)
and very few are left.
Isaiah 24:17-20
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Isaiah 24:17-20
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17 (A)Terror and pit and snare
[a]Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who [b]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (B)windows [c]above are opened, and the (C)foundations of the earth shake.
19 (D)The earth is broken apart,
The earth is (E)split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (F)trembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its (G)wrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (H)never to rise again.
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- Isaiah 24:17 Lit Are upon you
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
- Isaiah 24:18 Lit from the height; i.e., heaven
Isaiah 24:17-20
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Isaiah 24:17-20
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17 Terror(A) and pit and snare(B) await you,
people of the earth.(C)
18 Whoever flees(D) at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;(E)
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.(F)
The floodgates of the heavens(G) are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.(H)
19 The earth is broken up,(I)
the earth is split asunder,(J)
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(K)
it sways like a hut(L) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(M)
that it falls(N)—never to rise again.(O)
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