ישעיהו כד

Behold,
GOD will strip the earth bare,
And lay it waste,
And twist its surface,
And scatter its inhabitants.

Laity and priest shall fare alike,
Slave and master,
Handmaid and mistress,
Buyer and seller,
Lender and borrower,
Creditor and debtor.

The earth shall be bare, bare;
It shall be plundered, plundered;
For it is GOD who spoke this word.

The earth is withered, sear;
The world languishes, it is sear;
The most exalted people of the earth languish.

For the earth was defiled
Under its inhabitants;
Because they transgressed teachings,
Violated laws,
Broke the ancient covenant.

That is why a curse consumes the earth,
And its inhabitants pay the penalty;
That is why earth’s dwellers have dwindled,
And but few people are left.

The new wine fails,
The vine languishes;
And all the merry-hearted sigh.

Stilled is the merriment of hand-drums,
Ended the clamor of revelers,
Stilled the merriment of lyres.

They drink their wine without song;
Liquor tastes bitter to the drinker.

Towns are broken, empty;
Every house is shut, none enter;

Even over wine, a cry goes up in the streets:
The sun has set on all joy,
The gladness of the earth is banished.

Desolation is left in the town
And the gate is battered to ruins.

For thus shall it be among the peoples
In the midst of the earth:
As when the olive tree is beaten out,
Like gleanings when the vintage is over.

These shall lift up their voices,
Exult in GOD’s majesty.
They shall shout from the sea:

Therefore, honor GOD with lights
In the coastlands of the sea—
The name of the ETERNAL, the God of Israel.

From the end of the earth
We hear singing:
Glory to the righteous!
And I said:
I waste away! I waste away! Woe is me!
The faithless have acted faithlessly;
The faithless have broken faith!], foolish villain! / The faithless who acted faithlessly / Have been betrayed in turn.”

Terror, and pit, and trap.
Upon you who dwell on earth!

Whoever flees at the report of the terror
Shall fall into the pit;
And whoever climbs out of the pit
Shall be caught in the trap.
For sluices are opened on high,
And earth’s foundations tremble.

The earth is breaking, breaking;
The earth is crumbling, crumbling.
The earth is tottering, tottering;

The earth is swaying like a drunkard;
It is rocking to and fro like a hut.
Its iniquity shall weigh it down,
And it shall fall, to rise no more.

In that day, GOD will punish
The host of heaven in heaven
And the kings of the earth on earth.

They shall be gathered in a dungeon
As captives are gathered;
And shall be locked up in a prison.
But after many days they shall be remembered.

Then the moon shall be ashamed,
And the sun shall be abashed.
For GOD of Hosts will reign
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And the Presence will be revealed to God’s elders.