Isaiah 24

1Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.

2And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.

3With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

4The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.

5And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.

6Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.

7The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.

8The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.

9They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.

11There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.

12Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.

13For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended.

14These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea.

15Therefore glorify ye the Lord in instruction: the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

16From the ends of the earth we have heard praises, the glory of the just one. And I said: My secret to myself, my secret to myself, woe is me: the prevaricators have prevaricated, and with the prevarication of transgressors they have prevaricated.

17Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.

18And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

19With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be moved.

20With shaking shall the earth be shaken as a drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fell, and not rise again.

21And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.

22And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall be visited.

23And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.

1[Ecce Dominus dissipabit terram: et nudabit eam, et affliget faciem ejus, et disperget habitatores ejus.

2Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos; et sicut servus, sic dominus ejus; sicut ancilla, sic domina ejus; sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit; sicut fœnerator, sic is qui mutuum accipit; sicut qui repetit, sic qui debet.

3Dissipatione dissipabitur terra, et direptione prædabitur; Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.

4Luxit, et defluxit terra, et infirmata est; defluxit orbis, infirmata est altitudo populi terræ.

5Et terra infecta est ab habitatoribus suis, quia transgressi sunt leges, mutaverunt jus, dissipaverunt fœdus sempiternum.

6Propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram, et peccabunt habitatores ejus; ideoque insanient cultores ejus, et relinquentur homines pauci.

7Luxit vindemia, infirmata est vitis, ingemuerunt omnes qui lætabantur corde;

8cessavit gaudium tympanorum, quievit sonitus lætantium, conticuit dulcedo citharæ.

9Cum cantico non bibent vinum; amara erit potio bibentibus illam.

10Attrita est civitas vanitatis, clausa est omnis domus, nullo introëunte.

11Clamor erit super vino in plateis, deserta est omnia lætitia, translatum est gaudium terræ.

12Relicta est in urbe solitudo, et calamitas opprimet portas.

13Quia hæc erunt in medio terræ in medio populorum, quomodo si paucæ olivæ quæ remanserunt excutiantur ex olea et racemi, cum fuerit finita vindemia.]

14[Hi levabunt vocem suam, atque laudabunt: cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus, hinnient de mari.

15Propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum; in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israël.

16A finibus terræ laudes audivimus, gloriam Justi. Et dixi: Secretum meum mihi, secretum meum mihi. Væ mihi ! prævaricantes prævaricati sunt, et prævaricatione transgressorum prævaricati sunt.

17Formido, et fovea, et laqueus super te, qui habitator es terræ.

18Et erit: qui fugerit a voce formidinis cadet in foveam; et qui se explicaverit de fovea tenebitur laqueo; quia cataractæ de excelsis apertæ sunt et concutientur fundamenta terræ.

19Confractione confringetur terra, contritione conteretur terra, commotione commovebitur terra;

20agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius, et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis; et gravabit eam iniquitas sua, et corruet, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.

21Et erit: in die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam cæli in excelso, et super reges terræ qui sunt super terram;

22et congregabuntur in congregatione unius fascis in lacum, et claudentur ibi in carcere, et post multos dies visitabuntur.

23Et erubescet luna, et confundetur sol, cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Jerusalem et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.]

1Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.

2And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.

3The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.

4The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.

5And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.

6Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.

7The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.

8The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.

9They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

10The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.

11There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.

12Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.

13For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.

14These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.

15Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

16From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”

17Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!

18And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.

19The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!

20The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.

21And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.

22And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.

23And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.