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          DASV: Isaiah 24    

1 Look, the LORD lays waste to the earth,
      makes it desolate,
           twists its surface,
      and scatters its inhabitants.
2 It will hit the priest just like the people,
      the master just like the servant,
      the mistress just like the maid,
      the seller just like the buyer,
      the borrower just like the lender,
      the debtor just like the creditor.
3 The earth will be absolutely devastated,
      and completely plundered;
           the LORD has spoken this word.

4 The earth dries up and withers,
      the world languishes and withers,
      the people of prominence of the earth languish.
5 The earth is defiled by its inhabitants;
      because they have transgressed the laws,
      violated the statutes
      and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse devours the earth,
           and its inhabitants are found guilty.
      Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,
           and few people are left.
7 The new wine dries up,
      the vine languishes,
      all the merry-hearted groan.
8 The celebration with tambourines ceases,
      the revelry of those who rejoice stops,
           the joy of the harp halts.
9 No longer will they drink wine with a song;
      strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 The wasted city is broken down;
      every house is locked down
           so that no one can enter.
11 There is crying in the streets for wine;
      all joy has turned to gloom,
      the gladness of the land is banished.
12 The city is left desolate,
      and the gate is beaten into pieces.
13 This is how it will be throughout the earth
      among the nations,
           like when an olive tree is beaten in harvest,
      like the gleanings left when the grape harvest is over.

14 They will lift up their voices,
      they will shout for joy;
      the majesty of the LORD
      they will proclaim from the west.
15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the east,
      even the name of the LORD,
           in the islands of the sea,
      the God of Israel.
16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs:
      "Glory to the Righteous One."
      But I said, "I am wasting away,
      I am wasting away, woe is me!
      For the deceivers have acted deceitfully;
           the deceivers have acted very deceitfully."
17 Terror, the pit, and the snare, are upon you,
     O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Whoever flees from the sound of terror
      will fall into the pit;
      whoever comes up out of the midst of the pit
      will be caught in the snare.
      For the windows of heaven are opened,
           and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is totally broken up,
      the earth is ripped apart,
      the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth will stagger like a drunkard,
      it will sway like a hut in a storm;
      its transgression will be heavy on it,
      it will fall and not get up again.

21 In that day the LORD will punish
      the host of heaven in heaven,
      and the kings of the earth on the earth.
22 They will be gathered together,
           as prisoners gathered in a pit.
      They will be locked up in the prison;
           after many days they will be punished.
23 Then the moon will blush,
      and the sun will be ashamed;
           for the LORD of hosts will reign in Mount Zion,
      in Jerusalem and before his elders with glory.

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