Isaiah 24:1–12
*Behold, athe Lord bcmaketh the earth empty, and cmaketh it waste,
And †turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2 And it shall be, eas with the people, so with the ||priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
fAs with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
gAs with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
3 hThe land shall be butterly emptied, and utterly spoiled:
iFor the Lord hath spoken this word.
4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away,
The world jlanguisheth and fadeth away,
†The haughty people of the earth jdo languish.
5 The kearth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;
Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,
lBroken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,
And they that dwell therein mare desolate:
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth nare burned,
And ofew men left.
7 pThe new wine mourneth, the vine jlanguisheth,
All the merryhearted do sigh.
8 qThe mirth of rtabrets sceaseth, tthe noise of them that rejoice endeth,
The joy of rthe harp sceaseth.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 The city of uconfusion is broken down:
Every house is shut up, vthat no man may come in.
11 There is wa crying xfor wine in the streets;
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of hthe land is gone.
12 In the city is left desolation,
And the gate is smitten with destruction.