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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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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Isaiah 24
24
Judgment on the Whole Earth
1Behold, #ch. 13:9the Lord will empty the earth#24:1 Or land; also throughout this chapter and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
2 #
Hos. 4:9; [Lam. 4:16]; See ch. 3:1-3 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
# [Ezek. 7:12, 13] as with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
# [Jer. 15:10] as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 # ver. 1, 6 The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
# See ch. 1:20 for the Lord has spoken this word.
4 # [ch. 16:8; Hos. 4:3] The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
5The earth lies #Num. 35:33 defiled
under its inhabitants;
for #[ch. 2:6, 8]they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore #Zech. 5:3, 4 a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants #[Ps. 5:10]suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
7 # [Joel 1:10, 12] The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 #
Jer. 7:34; Hos. 2:11; [Amos 8:10] The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9No more do they drink wine #[Amos 6:5, 6]with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 # [ch. 34:11] The wasted city is broken down;
# ch. 23:1 every house is shut up so that none can enter.
11 # [ver. 7; Ps. 144:14; Joel 1:5] There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
# [Joel 1:12] all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.
13For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
# ch. 17:6; [Mic. 7:1] as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
14They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.#24:14 Hebrew from the sea
15 # [ch. 45:6] Therefore in the east#24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 # [ver. 14] From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to #[ch. 26:2; 60:21] the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For #ch. 21:2; 33:1the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
17 #
Jer. 48:43, 44; [Job 20:24; Amos 5:19] Terror and the pit and the snare#24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 # [See ver. 17 above] He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For #See Gen. 7:11 the windows of heaven are opened,
and #Ps. 18:7the foundations of the earth tremble.
19The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.
20The earth #[ch. 19:14; 29:9] staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
# [ver. 5, 6] its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.
21On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and #Ps. 76:12; [ch. 10:12; 31:8]the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 #
Mic. 4:11, 12 They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days #ch. 29:6they will be punished.
23 # See ch. 13:10 Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for #Ps. 99:1, 2; Mic. 4:7the Lord of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.
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