Isaiah 24:1-23 CEB

[1] Look! The LORD will devastate the earth and destroy it, will twist its face and scatter its inhabitants. [2] It will be the same for the people and for the priest; for the slave and for his master; for the female servant and for her mistress; for the buyer and for the seller; for the lender and for the borrower; for the creditor and for the debtor. [3] The earth will be devastated, totally devastated; it will be destroyed, completely destroyed because the LORD has said it would be so. [4] The earth dries up and wilts; the world withers and wilts; the heavens wither away with the earth. [5] The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants, for they have disobeyed instruction, swept aside law, and broken the ancient covenant. [6] Therefore, a curse devours the earth; its inhabitants suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the earth’s inhabitants dwindle; very few are left. [7] The wine dries up; the vine withers; all the merry-hearted groan. [8] The joyous tambourines have ceased; the roar of partiers has stopped; the joyous harp has ceased. [9] No one drinks wine or sings; beer is bitter to its drinkers. [10] The town is in chaos, broken; every house is shut, without entrance. [11] There is a cry for wine in the streets. All joy has reached its dusk; happiness is exiled from the earth. [12] Ruin remains in the city, and the gate is battered to wreckage. [13] It will be like this in the central part of the land and among the peoples, like an olive tree that has been shaken, like remains from the grape harvest. [14] They raise their voice; they sing with joy; from the west they will shout about the LORD’s majesty. [15] Therefore, in the east honor the LORD; in the islands of the sea, the name of the LORD God of Israel! [16] From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous one!” But I say, “I waste away; I waste away; I’m doomed! Betrayers betray; treacherously betrayers betray.” [17] Terror, trench, and trap are upon you, ruler of the earth! [18] Whoever flees from the sound of terror will fall into the trench; whoever climbs from the trench will be caught in the trap. Heaven’s windows will open, and the earth’s foundations will quake. [19] The earth is shattering, shattering; the earth is shaking, shaking; the earth is teetering, tottering. [20] The earth trembles like a drunk and shudders like a hut; its rebellion weighs heavy upon it; it will fall, no more to rise. [21] On that day, the LORD will punish the forces of heaven in heaven, and the kings of the earth on earth. [22] They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit, shut into a prison, and punished after many days. [23] The moon will be diminished, and the sun will fade, since the LORD of heavenly forces will rule on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious before his elders.