24Isaiah 24

CHAP. XXIIII. / 1 The dolefull iudgements of God vpon the land. 13 A remnant shall ioyfully praise him. 16 God in his iudgements shall aduance his Kingdome.

1Behold, the Lord maketh the earth emptie, and maketh it waste, and turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.Select Isaiah 24:1

2And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest, as with the seruant, so with his master, as with the maid, so with her mistresse, as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the lender, so with the borower, as with the taker of vsurie, so with the giuer of vsurie to him.Select Isaiah 24:2

3The land shall be vtterly emptied, and vtterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.Select Isaiah 24:3

4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughtie people of the earth doe languish.Select Isaiah 24:4

5The earth also is defiled vnder the inhabitants thereof: because they haue transgressed the lawes, changed the ordinance, broken the euerlasting couenant.Select Isaiah 24:5

6Therefore hath the curse deuoured the earth, and they that dwell therin are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.Select Isaiah 24:6

7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merrie hearted doe sigh.Select Isaiah 24:7

8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that reioyce, endeth, the ioy of the harpe ceaseth.Select Isaiah 24:8

9They shall not drinke wine with a song, strong drinke shall bee bitter to them that drinke it.Select Isaiah 24:9

10The city of confusion is broken downe: euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.Select Isaiah 24:10

11There is a crying for wine in the streets, all ioy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.Select Isaiah 24:11

12In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.Select Isaiah 24:12

13When thus it shalbe in the midst of the land among the people: there shall be as the shaking of an oliue tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.Select Isaiah 24:13

14They shal lift vp their voice, they shal sing, for the maiesty of the Lord, they shall crie aloud from the sea.Select Isaiah 24:14

15Wherefore, glorifie ye the Lord in the fires, euen the Name of the Lord God of Israel in the yles of the Sea.Select Isaiah 24:15

16From the vttermost part of the earth haue we heard songs, euen glory to the righteous: but I said, My leannesse, my leannesse, woe vnto me: the treacherous dealers haue dealt treacherously, yea the treacherous dealers haue dealt very treacherously.Select Isaiah 24:16

17Feare, and the pit, & the snare are vpon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.Select Isaiah 24:17

18And it shall come to passe, that he who fleeth from the noise of the feare, shall fall into the pit; and he that commeth vp out of the midst of the pit, shalbe taken in the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth doe shake.Select Isaiah 24:18

19The earth is vtterly broken downe, the earth is cleane dissolued, the earth is moued exceedingly.Select Isaiah 24:19

20The earth shall reele to and fro, like a drunkard, and shall be remooued like a cottage, and the transgression thereof shall be heauie vpon it, and it shall fall, and not rise againe.Select Isaiah 24:20

21And it shall come to passe in that day, that the Lord shall punish the hoste of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth vpon the earth.Select Isaiah 24:21

22And they shalbe gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut vp in the prison, and after many dayes shall they bee visited.Select Isaiah 24:22

23Then the Moone shall be confounded, and the Sunne ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reigne in mount Zion and in Ierusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.Select Isaiah 24:23