Yeshayah 24
24
1Hinei, Hashem maketh Ha'Aretz empty, and maketh it waste, and ruineth her face, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2And it shall be, as with HaAm, so with the kohen; as with the eved, so with his adonim; as with the shifcha (maid), so with her gevirah (mistress); as with the koneh (buyer), so with the mokher (seller); as with the malveh (lender) so with the loveh (borrower); as with the nosheh (creditor), so with the one owing him.
3HaAretz shall be utterly emptied, and utterly plundered; for Hashem hath spoken this davar (word).
4Ha'aretz mourneth and fadeth away, the tevel (world) languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty Am HaAretz do languish.
5Ha'aretz also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed torot, changed chok (ordinance), broken the Brit Olam.
6Therefore hath the curse devoured Eretz, and they that dwell therein are guilty; therefore, the inhabitants of her#24:6 the earth are diminished, and few enosh (humankind) left.
7The tirosh (new wine) faileth, the gefen languisheth, all the simchei-lev (merryhearted) do sigh.
8The mirth of tambourines ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the kinnor (harp) ceaseth.
9They shall not drink yayin with a shir (song); shechar (liquor, strong drink) shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10The city of tohu is broken; every bais is shut up, that no man may come in.
11There is a crying for yayin in the streets; all simchah is darkened, the mirth of HaAretz is banished.
12In the Ir is left desolation, and the sha'ar is stricken with ruination.
13When thus it shall be in the midst of HaAretz among the nations, there shall be as the shaking of a zayit (olive tree), and as the olelot (gleanings) when the grape harvest is done.
14They shall lift up their kol (voice), they shall sing for the Ga'on (Glory) of Hashem, they shall shout from the yam.
15Therefore glorify ye Hashem in the Urim (east), even the Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel in the iyyim (islands)#24:15 See Isa 42:4 of the yam.
16From the uttermost part of Ha'Aretz have we heard zemirot (songs), even glory to the Tzaddik (Righteous One). But I said, My wasting away, my wasting away, Oy li (woe unto me)! The bogedim (traitors) have dealt treacherously; the bogedim have dealt very treacherously.
17Pachad (fear), and the pachat (pit), and the pach (pitfall, snare), are upon thee, O inhabitant of Ha'Aretz.
18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the pachad shall fall into the pachat; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pachat shall be caught in the pach; for the arubot (windows [see Gn 7:11]) from on high are opened, and the Mosedei Eretz (foundations of the Earth) do shake.
19Ha'aretz is violently broken down, Ha'Aretz is completely split open, Eretz is shaken exceedingly.
20Ha'aretz shall stagger to and fro like a shikkor (drunkard), and shall shake like a melunah (watchmanʼs hut); and the peysha (transgression) thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21And it shall come to pass in yom hahu (that day), that Hashem shall visit [in punishment] the Tzeva HaMarom (Host on High, Pagan deities), and the melachim of ha'adamah (kings of the earth) upon ha'adamah (the earth).
22And they shall be gathered together, as asir (prisoners) are gathered in the bor (dungeon, pit), and shall be shut up in the masger (prison, dungeon), and after many yamim shall they be visited [in punishment].
23Then the levanah (moon) shall be disgraced, and the chammah (sun) ashamed, when Hashem Tzva'os shall reign in Har Tziyon, and in Yerushalayim, and before His Zekenim gloriously.
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Yesha 'yahu (Isa) 24
24
1Look! Adonai is stripping
and destroying the land,
turning it upside down
and scattering its inhabitants —
2cohen and commoner, slave and master,
maid and mistress, buyer and seller,
lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
3The land will be completely stripped,
completely plundered,
for Adonai has spoken this word.
4The land fades and withers,
the world wilts and withers,
the exalted of the land languish.
5The land lies defiled under its inhabitants;
because they have transgressed the teachings,
changed the law
and broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore a curse is devouring the land,
and its inhabitants are punished for their guilt.
It is why those living there waste away,
and the people left are few.
7The new wine fails, the vines wilt,
all the revelers sigh,
8the happy sound of tambourines ceases,
the shouts of merrymakers are stilled,
the joy of the lyre ends.
9They no longer sing as they drink their wine,
strong liquor tastes bitter to those drinking it.
10The city of chaos is shattered,
every house closed up; no one can enter.
11In the streets they are crying over the wine;
all joy has faded, cheer has left the land.
12In the city, only desolation,
its gates are battered beyond repair.
13Around the earth, among the peoples,
it will be as when beating an olive tree,
as when gleaning the grapes at the end of the harvest.
14They lift their voices, singing for joy,
shouting from the west to honor Adonai.
15So in the east, honor Adonai ;
in the coastlands, honor the name of Adonai,
the God of Isra’el.
16From the farthest part of the earth
we have heard them sing,
“Glory to the Righteous One!”
But, I say, I’m wasting away,
I am wasting away!
Woe to me! Traitors betray!
Oh, how the traitors betray and betray!
17Terror, pit and trap are upon you,
you who are living on earth.
18He who flees at the sound of terror
will fall into the pit.
He who climbs up out of the pit
will be caught in the trap.
For the windows above have been opened,
and the earth’s foundations shake.
19The earth cracks and breaks open,
the earth crumbles to pieces,
the earth trembles and totters.
20The earth staggers to and fro like a drunk,
sways back and forth like a watchman’s shelter;
its transgression weighs heavy upon it;
it will fall and not rise again.
21When that day comes, Adonai will punish
the armies of the high heaven on high,
and the kings of the earth here on earth.
22They will be assembled like prisoners in a dungeon
and shut up in prison to be punished many years.
23Then the moon will be confused and the sun ashamed,
for Adonai-Tzva’ot will rule on Mount Tziyon
and in Yerushalayim,
with his glory manifest to the rulers of his people.
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