{"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/kjv/isaiah/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T18:38:07.559Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Behold, the LORD 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The earth mourneth <i>and</i> fadeth away, the world languisheth <i>and</i> fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted 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 city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"<i>There is</i> a crying for wine in the streets; 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":"When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, <i>there shall be</i> as the shaking of an olive tree, <i>and</i> as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, <i>even</i> the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, <i>even</i> glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Fear, and the pit, and the snare, <i>are</i> upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> 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 from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; 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, <i>that</i> the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones <i>that are</i> on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And they shall be gathered together, <i>as</i> 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, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 24 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 24](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/24 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}