{"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/web/isaiah/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:27:27.074Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"It will 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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The confused 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":"The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For it will be so 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 will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands 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. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will 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 torn apart. The earth is shaken violently."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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 Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 24 (WEB)","markdown":"[Isaiah 24](https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/24 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}