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.