“1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and
turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2
And it shall 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 lender, so with the
borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD
hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world
languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do
languish. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;
because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,
and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of
the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the
vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets
ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp
ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be
bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down:
every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 [There is] a crying
for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is
gone. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with
destruction.”
“13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,
[there shall be] as the shaking of an olive tree, [and] as the gleaning
grapes when the vintage is done. 14 They shall lift up their voice, they
shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the
sea. 15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of
the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.”
“16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even]
glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto
me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the
treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. 17 Fear, and the pit,
and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it
shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the noise of the fear
shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the
pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open,
and the foundations of the earth do shake. 19 The earth is utterly
broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved
exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and
shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be
heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall
come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall punish the host of the
high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, [as] prisoners are gathered in
the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall
they be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun
ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in
Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” (Isaiah 24:1-23 AV)