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            <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on the Whole Earth</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Behold, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">ch. 13:9</span></span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will empty the earth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fq">land</span><span class="ft">; also throughout this chapter</span></span></span><span class="content"> and make it desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Hos. 4:9; [Lam. 4:16]; See ch. 3:1-3   </span></span><span class="content">And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">as with the slave, so with his master;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">as with the maid, so with her mistress;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [Ezek. 7:12, 13]   </span></span><span class="content">as with the buyer, so with the seller;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">as with the lender, so with the borrower;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [Jer. 15:10]  </span></span><span class="content">as with the creditor, so with the debtor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    ver. 1, 6   </span></span><span class="content">The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    See ch. 1:20  </span></span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken this word.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [ch. 16:8; Hos. 4:3]  </span></span><span class="content">The earth mourns and withers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the world languishes and withers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the highest people of the earth languish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The earth lies </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Num. 35:33 </span></span><span class="content">defiled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">under its inhabitants;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">for </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">[ch. 2:6, 8]</span></span><span class="content">they have transgressed the laws,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">violated the statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">broken the everlasting covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Zech. 5:3, 4 </span></span><span class="content">a curse devours the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">and its inhabitants </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">[Ps. 5:10]</span></span><span class="content">suffer for their guilt;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">and few men are left.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [Joel 1:10, 12]  </span></span><span class="content">The wine mourns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">the vine languishes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">all the merry-hearted sigh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Jer. 7:34; Hos. 2:11; [Amos 8:10]  </span></span><span class="content">The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the noise of the jubilant has ceased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the mirth of the lyre is stilled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No more do they drink wine </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">[Amos 6:5, 6]</span></span><span class="content">with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="content">strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [ch. 34:11]   </span></span><span class="content">The wasted city is broken down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    ch. 23:1  </span></span><span class="content">every house is shut up so that none can enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [ver. 7; Ps. 144:14; Joel 1:5]   </span></span><span class="content">There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [Joel 1:12]  </span></span><span class="content">all joy has grown dark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">the gladness of the earth is banished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Desolation is left in the city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="content">the gates are battered into ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    ch. 17:6; [Mic. 7:1]  </span></span><span class="content">as when an olive tree is beaten,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="content">over the majesty of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> they shout from the west.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fq">from the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [ch. 45:6]  </span></span><span class="content">Therefore in the east</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fq">in the realm of light</span><span class="ft">, or </span><span class="fq">with the fires</span></span></span><span class="content"> give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [ver. 14]   </span></span><span class="content">From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">of glory to </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">[ch. 26:2; 60:21] </span></span><span class="content">the Righteous One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">But I say, &#8220;I waste away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">I waste away. Woe is me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">ch. 21:2; 33:1</span></span><span class="content">the traitors have betrayed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Jer. 48:43, 44; [Job 20:24; Amos 5:19]  </span></span><span class="content">Terror and the pit and the snare</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:17 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words for </span><span class="fq">terror</span><span class="ft">, </span><span class="fq">pit</span><span class="ft">, and </span><span class="fq">snare </span><span class="ft">sound alike</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="content">are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [See ver. 17 above]   </span></span><span class="content">He who flees at the sound of the terror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">shall fall into the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">and he who climbs out of the pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">shall be caught in the snare.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">See Gen. 7:11 </span></span><span class="content">the windows of heaven are opened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">and </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 18:7</span></span><span class="content">the foundations of the earth tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The earth is utterly broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is split apart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is violently shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The earth </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">[ch. 19:14; 29:9] </span></span><span class="content">staggers like a drunken man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">it sways like a hut;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    [ver. 5, 6]  </span></span><span class="content">its transgression lies heavy upon it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">and it falls, and will not rise again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">On that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will punish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">the host of heaven, in heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">and </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 76:12; [ch. 10:12; 31:8]</span></span><span class="content">the kings of the earth, on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Mic. 4:11, 12   </span></span><span class="content">They will be gathered together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">as prisoners in a pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">they will be shut up in a prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">and after many days </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">ch. 29:6</span></span><span class="content">they will be punished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    See ch. 13:10   </span></span><span class="content">Then the moon will be confounded</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">and the sun ashamed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">for </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 99:1, 2; Mic. 4:7</span></span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> of hosts reigns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">and his glory will be before his elders.</span></span></div>
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Behold, the LORD will empty the earth and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
for the LORD has spoken this word.

The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
The earth lies defiled
under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
No more do they drink wine with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
The wasted city is broken down;
every house is shut up so that none can enter.
There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.
For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.

They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west.
Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”

Terror and the pit and the snare
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.
The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.
The earth staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.

On that day the LORD will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days they will be punished.
Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for the LORD of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.

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