{"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/dbt/isaiah/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:33:59.530Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants."},{"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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, a ruin."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto 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, inhabitant of the land."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the sound 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 open, and the foundations of the earth shake."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall 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 brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 24 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 24](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/24 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}