Isaiah 24:1–9 · BSB
24:1
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
24:2
people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
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24:3
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
24:4
The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
24:5
The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
24:6
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
24:7
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
24:8
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
24:9
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
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