{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:45:24.894Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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 on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 24 (ASV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 24](https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/24 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}