Isaiah 24

1Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.Cross-references: Deut 4:27 · Deut 28:64 · Deut 32:26 · 2Ki 21:13 · Neh 1:8 · Ps 146:9 · +26 more

2It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.Cross-references: Gen 41:50 · Lev 25:36 · Deut 23:19 · 2Chr 36:14 · 2Chr 36:20 · Isa 2:9 · +16 more

3The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.Cross-references: Lev 26:30 · Deut 29:23 · Deut 29:28 · 2Chr 36:21 · Isa 6:11 · Isa 21:17 · +5 more

4The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.Cross-references: Isa 2:11 · Isa 3:26 · Isa 28:1 · Isa 33:9 · Isa 64:6 · Jer 4:28 · +2 more

5The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.Cross-references: Gen 3:17 · Gen 6:11 · Gen 17:13 · Lev 18:24 · Lev 20:22 · Num 35:33 · +33 more

6Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.Cross-references: Lev 26:22 · Deut 4:27 · Deut 28:15 · Deut 28:62 · Deut 29:22 · Deut 30:18 · +13 more

7The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.Cross-references: Isa 16:8 · Isa 16:10 · Isa 32:9 · Hos 9:1 · Joel 1:10

8The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.Cross-references: Isa 5:12 · Isa 23:15 · Jer 7:34 · Jer 16:9 · Jer 25:10 · Ezek 26:13 · +2 more

9They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.Cross-references: Ps 69:12 · Eccl 9:7 · Isa 5:11 · Isa 5:20 · Isa 5:22 · Amos 6:5 · +4 more

10The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.Cross-references: Gen 11:9 · 2Ki 25:4 · 2Ki 25:9 · Isa 23:1 · Isa 24:12 · Isa 25:2 · +17 more

11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.Cross-references: Prov 31:6 · Isa 8:22 · Isa 9:19 · Isa 16:10 · Isa 24:7 · Isa 32:13 · +7 more

12The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.Cross-references: Isa 32:14 · Jer 9:11 · Lam 1:1 · Lam 1:4 · Lam 2:9 · Lam 5:18 · +3 more

13For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.Cross-references: Isa 1:9 · Isa 6:13 · Isa 10:20 · Isa 17:5 · Jer 44:28 · Ezek 6:8 · +9 more

14These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.Cross-references: Isa 12:1 · Isa 25:1 · Isa 26:1 · Isa 27:2 · Isa 35:2 · Isa 35:10 · +11 more

15Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!Cross-references: Gen 10:4 · Job 35:9 · Isa 11:11 · Isa 25:3 · Isa 41:5 · Isa 42:4 · +15 more

16From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.Cross-references: Ex 15:11 · Ps 2:8 · Ps 22:27 · Ps 58:10 · Ps 67:7 · Ps 72:8 · +28 more

17Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.Cross-references: Lev 26:21 · 1Ki 19:17 · Jer 8:3 · Jer 48:43 · Ezek 14:21 · Amos 5:19

18It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.Cross-references: Gen 7:11 · Gen 19:24 · Deut 32:22 · Josh 10:10 · 1Ki 20:29 · 2Ki 7:2 · +6 more

19The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.Cross-references: Deut 11:6 · Isa 24:1 · Isa 34:4 · Jer 4:23 · Nah 1:5 · Hab 3:6 · +2 more

20The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.Cross-references: Ps 38:4 · Ps 107:27 · Isa 1:8 · Isa 1:28 · Isa 5:7 · Isa 19:14 · +12 more

21It will happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.Cross-references: Ps 76:12 · Ps 149:6 · Isa 10:12 · Isa 10:25 · Isa 14:1 · Isa 25:10 · +10 more

22They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.Cross-references: Josh 10:16 · Josh 10:22 · Isa 2:19 · Isa 10:4 · Isa 24:17 · Isa 42:22 · +3 more

23Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.Cross-references: Ex 15:21 · Job 38:4 · Ps 97:1 · Isa 12:6 · Isa 13:10 · Isa 30:26 · +21 more