Isaiah 24:1-7 ▼

1 Behold, Yahweh empties the earth to destruction, eviscerates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.

2 And the people will be like the priest, the male slave like his master, the female slave like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.

3 The earth will be completely emptied to destruction and completely plundered, for Yahweh has spoken this word.

4 The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and withers; the exalted of the people of the earth languish.

5 The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they trespassed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who inhabit it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men remain.

7 The new wine mourns; The vine languishes; All the glad of heart sigh.