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Isaiah 24

After the parade of individual nations (ch. 13-23), the lens pulls back to the whole earth. The LORD empties it and turns it upside down (v.1), and the ruin levels every social rank at once: priest like people, master like servant, creditor like debtor (v.2). No one's position exempts them. The stated cause is moral, not merely military: the earth is polluted because its inhabitants have "broken the everlasting covenant" (v.5). Listen for the silenced music — tambourines, harp, and the song over wine all cease (vv.8-9).

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Isaiah 24 (WEB)

1
Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
2
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.
3
The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word.
4
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
5
The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6
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 are left.
7
The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
8
The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
9
They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10
The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
12
The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
13
For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
14
These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of the LORD. They cry aloud from the sea.
15
Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
16
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.
17
Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.
18
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 middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19
The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
20
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.
21
It will happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
22
They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.
23
Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.

Isaías 24 (WPB)

1
Eis que o SENHOR esvazia a terra, a devasta, vira-a de cabeça para baixo e espalha os seus habitantes.
2
E acontecerá ao povo o mesmo que ao sacerdote; ao servo o mesmo que ao seu senhor; à serva o mesmo que à sua senhora; ao comprador o mesmo que ao vendedor; ao credor o mesmo que ao devedor; ao que cobra juros o mesmo que ao que paga juros.
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A terra será totalmente esvaziada e totalmente devastada; pois o SENHOR falou esta palavra.
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A terra pranteia e murcha. O mundo definha e murcha. Os altivos do povo da terra definham.
5
A terra também está contaminada debaixo dos seus habitantes, porque transgrediram as leis, violaram os estatutos e quebraram a aliança eterna.
6
Portanto, a maldição devorou a terra, e os que nela habitam são considerados culpados. Portanto, os habitantes da terra são queimados, e poucos homens restam.
7
O vinho novo pranteia. A videira definha. Todos os de coração alegre suspiram.
8
A alegria dos tamborins cessa. O som dos que se alegram termina. A alegria da harpa cessa.
9
Já não beberão vinho com canções. A bebida forte será amarga para os que a beberem.
10
A cidade confusa está em ruínas. Toda casa está fechada, para que ninguém possa entrar.
11
Há um clamor nas ruas por causa do vinho. Toda a alegria se escureceu. O júbilo da terra se foi.
12
A cidade é deixada em desolação, e o portão é golpeado com destruição.
13
Pois assim será no meio da terra, entre os povos: como o sacudir de uma oliveira, como os rebuscos quando a colheita de uvas termina.
14
Eles levantarão a sua voz. Eles gritarão pela majestade do SENHOR. Eles clamarão em alta voz desde o mar.
15
Portanto, glorifiquem ao SENHOR no oriente; sim, ao nome do SENHOR, o Deus de Israel, nas ilhas do mar!
16
Dos confins da terra ouvimos cânticos: Glória ao justo! Mas eu disse: “Eu definho! Eu definho! Ai de mim!” Os traidores agiram com traição. Sim, os traidores agiram com muita traição.
17
O terror, a cova e o laço estão sobre você que habita a terra.
18
Acontecerá que aquele que fugir do som do terror cairá na cova; e aquele que subir do meio da cova será pego no laço; pois as janelas do alto se abrem, e os fundamentos da terra tremem.
19
A terra está totalmente quebrada. A terra está despedaçada. A terra é sacudida violentamente.
20
A terra cambaleará como um bêbado, e balançará de um lado para o outro como uma rede. A sua desobediência pesará sobre ela; ela cairá e não se levantará mais.
21
Acontecerá naquele dia que o SENHOR punirá o exército dos seres celestiais nas alturas, e os reis da terra sobre a terra.
22
Eles serão ajuntados, como prisioneiros são ajuntados na cova, e serão trancados na prisão; e após muitos dias serão visitados.
23
Então a lua ficará confundida, e o sol envergonhado; pois o SENHOR dos Exércitos reinará no Monte Sião e em Jerusalém; e a glória estará diante dos seus anciãos.

From collapse to a throne on Zion

The middle of the chapter piles up terror in a chain — whoever flees the noise falls in the pit, whoever climbs from the pit is caught in the snare (v.18) — as the earth staggers like a drunk and sways like a hammock (v.20).

Yet it does not end in chaos. Kings and the powers "on high" are gathered like prisoners in a pit, held for later reckoning (vv.21-22), and the sun and moon are shamed because the LORD of Armies reigns on Mount Zion (v.23). This is the hinge into the praise that opens chapter 25.

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