Isaiah 24章 ESV | 微讀聖經

Judgment on the Whole Earth

1Behold, 24:1 ch. 13:9the Lord will empty the earth24:1 Or land; also throughout this chapter and make it desolate,

and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

224:2 Hos. 4:9; [Lam. 4:16]; See ch. 3:1-3And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;

as with the slave, so with his master;

as with the maid, so with her mistress;

24:2 [Ezek. 7:12, 13] as with the buyer, so with the seller;

as with the lender, so with the borrower;

24:2 [Jer. 15:10]as with the creditor, so with the debtor.

324:3 ver. 1, 6The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;

24:3 See ch. 1:20for the Lord has spoken this word.

424:4 [ch. 16:8; Hos. 4:3]The earth mourns and withers;

the world languishes and withers;

the highest people of the earth languish.

5The earth lies 24:5 Num. 35:33defiled

under its inhabitants;

for 24:5 [ch. 2:6, 8]they have transgressed the laws,

violated the statutes,

broken the everlasting covenant.

6Therefore 24:6 Zech. 5:3, 4a curse devours the earth,

and its inhabitants 24:6 [Ps. 5:10]suffer for their guilt;

therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,

and few men are left.

724:7 [Joel 1:10, 12]The wine mourns,

the vine languishes,

all the merry-hearted sigh.

824:8 Jer. 7:34; Hos. 2:11; [Amos 8:10]The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,

the noise of the jubilant has ceased,

the mirth of the lyre is stilled.

9No more do they drink wine 24:9 [Amos 6:5, 6]with singing;

strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

1024:10 [ch. 34:11] The wasted city is broken down;

24:10 ch. 23:1every house is shut up so that none can enter.

1124:11 [ver. 7; Ps. 144:14; Joel 1:5] There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;

24:11 [Joel 1:12]all joy has grown dark;

the gladness of the earth is banished.

12Desolation is left in the city;

the gates are battered into ruins.

13For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth

among the nations,

24:13 ch. 17:6; [Mic. 7:1]as when an olive tree is beaten,

as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.

14They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;

over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.24:14 Hebrew from the sea

1524:15 [ch. 45:6]Therefore in the east24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires give glory to the Lord;

in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1624:16 [ver. 14] From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,

of glory to 24:16 [ch. 26:2; 60:21] the Righteous One.

But I say, “I waste away,

I waste away. Woe is me!

For 24:16 ch. 21:2; 33:1the traitors have betrayed,

with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”

1724:17 Jer. 48:43, 44; [Job 20:24; Amos 5:19]Terror and the pit and the snare24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike

are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!

1824:18 [See ver. 17above] He who flees at the sound of the terror

shall fall into the pit,

and he who climbs out of the pit

shall be caught in the snare.

For 24:18 See Gen. 7:11the windows of heaven are opened,

and 24:18 Ps. 18:7the foundations of the earth tremble.

19The earth is utterly broken,

the earth is split apart,

the earth is violently shaken.

20The earth 24:20 [ch. 19:14; 29:9] staggers like a drunken man;

it sways like a hut;

24:20 [ver. 5, 6]its transgression lies heavy upon it,

and it falls, and will not rise again.

21On that day the Lord will punish

the host of heaven, in heaven,

and 24:21 Ps. 76:12; [ch. 10:12; 31:8]the kings of the earth, on the earth.

2224:22 Mic. 4:11, 12They will be gathered together

as prisoners in a pit;

they will be shut up in a prison,

and after many days 24:22 ch. 29:6they will be punished.

2324:23 See ch. 13:10Then the moon will be confounded

and the sun ashamed,

for 24:23 Ps. 99:1, 2; Mic. 4:7the Lord of hosts reigns

on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,

and his glory will be before his elders.

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