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Isaiah 24 Bible in Basic English
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1 See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.
1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
2 And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.
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 completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.
3 The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
4 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.
4 The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.
5 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.
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 is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
8 The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
9 There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
9 They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
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; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
12 In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
12 The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
13 For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done.
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 But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord.
14 These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
15 Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.
15 Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
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, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.
17 Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.
18 And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.
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 completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.
19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.
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 And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.
21 It will 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.
22 And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment.
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 veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
23 Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nahum 2:10; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 24:20; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 6:11–12
- 2 Hosea 4:9; Ezekiel 7:12–13; Lamentations 5:12–14; Jeremiah 42:18; Isaiah 5:15
- 3 Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 21:17; Micah 4:4; Ezekiel 36:4
- 4 Hosea 4:3; Isaiah 2:11–12; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 28:1
- 5 Hebrews 13:20; Romans 8:20–21; Hebrews 9:1; Daniel 7:25; Ezekiel 20:13
- 6 Malachi 4:1; Matthew 7:14; Zechariah 5:3–4; Ezekiel 5:3; Romans 9:27
- 7 Isaiah 16:10; Joel 1:10–12; Isaiah 16:8; Hosea 9:1–2; Isaiah 32:9–13
- 8 Hosea 2:11; Ezekiel 26:13; Revelation 18:22; Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 25:10
- 9 Isaiah 5:22; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Amos 8:3; Isaiah 5:11–12; Amos 6:5–7
- 10 Revelation 18:2; Revelation 17:5–6; Jeremiah 39:8; Jeremiah 39:4; Isaiah 34:11
- 11 Hosea 7:14; Isaiah 16:10; Isaiah 9:19; Isaiah 8:22; Matthew 22:11–13
- 12 Jeremiah 9:11; Lamentations 5:18; Isaiah 32:14; Micah 1:9; Lamentations 1:1
- 13 Isaiah 1:9; Matthew 24:22; Revelation 3:4; Isaiah 6:13; Ezekiel 9:4–6
- 14 Jeremiah 31:12; Jeremiah 33:11; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 12:1–6; Isaiah 52:7–9
- 15 Malachi 1:11; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 42:10
- 16 Isaiah 21:2; Isaiah 33:1; Jeremiah 5:11; Jeremiah 3:20; Psalm 22:27–31
- 17 Jeremiah 48:43–44; Leviticus 26:21–22; Ezekiel 14:21; 1 Kings 19:17; Jeremiah 8:3
- 18 Psalm 18:7; Genesis 7:11; Joshua 10:10–11; Amos 5:19; Job 20:24
- 19 Isaiah 34:4–10; Isaiah 24:1–5; Nahum 1:5; Deuteronomy 11:6; Revelation 20:11
- 20 Isaiah 19:14; Daniel 11:19; Isaiah 29:9; Hosea 4:1–5; Amos 8:14
- 21 Psalm 76:12; Zechariah 14:12–19; Isaiah 34:2–17; Psalm 149:6–9; Revelation 19:18–21
- 22 Zechariah 9:11; Isaiah 42:22; Jeremiah 38:6–13; Ezekiel 38:8; Joshua 10:16–17
- 23 Isaiah 60:19; Isaiah 13:10; Revelation 21:23; Revelation 22:5; Hebrews 12:22
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