Isaiah 24-25
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.
7 The (I)new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the joyful-hearted sigh.
8 The (J)joy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They do not drink wine with song;
(K)Intoxicating drink is (L)bitter to those who drink it.
10 The (M)city of chaos is broken down;
(N)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an (O)outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
(P)All joy [b]turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the (Q)gate is battered to ruins.
13 For (R)so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the [c]shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
14 (S)They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the [d]west concerning the majesty of the Lord.
15 Therefore (T)glorify the Lord in the [e]east,
The (U)name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
In the [f](V)coastlands of the sea.
16 From the (W)ends of the earth we hear songs: “(X)Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “[g]I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me!
The (Y)treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 (Z)Terror and pit and snare
[h]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 [i]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (AA)windows [j]above are opened, and the (AB)foundations of the earth shake.
19 (AC)The earth is broken apart,
The earth is (AD)split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (AE)trembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its (AF)wrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (AG)never to rise again.
21 So it will happen on that day,
That the Lord will (AH)punish the rebellious [k](AI)angels of [l]heaven on high,
And the (AJ)kings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like (AK)prisoners in the [m]dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will (AL)be punished.
23 Then the (AM)moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame,
For the (AN)Lord of armies will reign on (AO)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
Song of Praise for God’s Favor
25 Lord, You are (AP)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (AQ)worked wonders,
(AR)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For You have turned a city into a (AS)heap,
A (AT)fortified city into a ruin;
A (AU)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore a strong people will (AV)glorify You;
(AW)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
4 For You have been a (AX)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (AY)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (AZ)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
5 Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (BA)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [n]silenced.
6 (BB)Now the Lord of armies will prepare a [o]lavish banquet for (BC)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of [p]aged wine, [q]choice pieces with marrow,
And [r]refined, aged wine.
7 And on this mountain He will destroy the [s](BD)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is [t]stretched over all nations.
8 He will [u](BE)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord [v]God will (BF)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (BG)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
9 And it will be said on that day,
“Behold, (BH)this is our God for whom we have (BI)waited [w]that (BJ)He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
(BK)Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And (BL)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (BM)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (BN)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (BO)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:5 Lit under
- Isaiah 24:11 Lit is darkened
- Isaiah 24:13 Lit striking
- Isaiah 24:14 Lit sea
- Isaiah 24:15 Lit region of light
- Isaiah 24:15 Or islands
- Isaiah 24:16 Meaning uncertain
- 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 24:21 Lit host
- Isaiah 24:21 Lit the height in the height
- Isaiah 24:22 Lit pit
- Isaiah 25:5 Lit humbled
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit feast of fat things; i.e., abundance
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine on the lees
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit fat pieces
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine refined on the lees
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit face of the covering
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit woven
- Isaiah 25:8 I.e., destroy
- Isaiah 25:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 25:9 Or and He saved us
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