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Isaiah 24:1-12 (Listen)

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Judgment on the Whole Earth

24 Behold, cthe Lord will empty the earth1 and make it desolate,

and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

2 dAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;

as with the slave, so with his master;

as with the maid, so with her mistress;

eas with the buyer, so with the seller;

as with the lender, so with the borrower;

fas with the creditor, so with the debtor.

3 gThe earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;

hfor the Lord has spoken this word.

4 iThe earth mourns and withers;

the world languishes and withers;

the highest people of the earth languish.

5 The earth lies jdefiled

under its inhabitants;

for kthey have transgressed the laws,

violated the statutes,

broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore la curse devours the earth,

and its inhabitants msuffer for their guilt;

therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,

and few men are left.

7 nThe wine mourns,

the vine languishes,

all the merry-hearted sigh.

8 oThe mirth of the tambourines is stilled,

the noise of the jubilant has ceased,

the mirth of the lyre is stilled.

9 No more do they drink wine pwith singing;

strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

10 qThe wasted city is broken down;

revery house is shut up so that none can enter.

11 sThere is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;

tall joy has grown dark;

the gladness of the earth is banished.

12 Desolation is left in the city;

the gates are battered into ruins.

• Isaiah 23
• Isaiah 24
• Isaiah 25

Isaiah 8:9-21 (Listen)

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• Isaiah 9

9 Be broken,1 you peoples, and kbe shattered;2

give ear, all you far countries;

strap on your armor and be shattered;

strap on your armor and be shattered.

10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;

speak a word, lbut it will not stand,

for God mis with us.3

Fear God, Wait for the Lord

11 For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and nwarned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: 12 “Do not call oconspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and pdo not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. 13 But the Lord of hosts, qhim you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he will become a rsanctuary and sa stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many tshall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”

16 Bind up uthe testimony; vseal the teaching4 among my disciples. 17 I will wwait for the Lord, who is xhiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. 18 yBehold, I and zthe children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. 19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the amediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of bthe dead on behalf of the living? 20 cTo the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no ddawn. 21 They will pass through the land,5 greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against6 their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

• Isaiah 7
• Isaiah 8
• Isaiah 9