24:1 Behold,
the
LORD
will
empty
the
earth
and
make
it
desolate,
and
he
will
twist
its
surface
and
scatter
its
inhabitants.
24:2 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;
as
with
the
buyer,
so
with
the
seller;
as
with
the
lender,
so
with
the
borrower;
as
with
the
creditor,
so
with
the
debtor.
24:3 The
earth
shall
be
utterly
empty
and
utterly
plundered;
for
the
LORD
has
spoken
this
word.
24:4 The
earth
mourns
and
withers;
the
world
languishes
and
withers;
the
highest
people
of
the
earth
languish.
24:5 The
earth
lies
defiled
under
its
inhabitants;
for
they
have
transgressed
the
laws,
violated
the
statutes,
broken
the
everlasting
covenant.
24:6 Therefore
a
curse
devours
the
earth,
and
its
inhabitants
suffer
for
their
guilt;
therefore
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
are
scorched,
and
few
men
are
left.
24:7 The
wine
mourns,
the
vine
languishes,
all
the
merry-hearted
sigh.
24:8 The
mirth
of
the
tambourines
is
stilled,
the
noise
of
the
jubilant
has
ceased,
the
mirth
of
the
lyre
is
stilled.
24:9 No
more
do
they
drink
wine
with
singing;
strong
drink
is
bitter
to
those
who
drink
it.
24:10 The
wasted
city
is
broken
down;
every
house
is
shut
up
so
that
none
can
enter.
24:11 There
is
an
outcry
in
the
streets
for
lack
of
wine;
all
joy
has
grown
dark;
the
gladness
of
the
earth
is
banished.
24:12 Desolation
is
left
in
the
city;
the
gates
are
battered
into
ruins.
24:13 For
thus
it
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
the
earth
among
the
nations,
as
when
an
olive
tree
is
beaten,
as
at
the
gleaning
when
the
grape
harvest
is
done.
24:14 They
lift
up
their
voices,
they
sing
for
joy;
over
the
majesty
of
the
LORD
they
shout
from
the
west.
24:15 Therefore
in
the
east
give
glory
to
the
LORD;
in
the
coastlands
of
the
sea,
give
glory
to
the
name
of
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel.
24:16 From
the
ends
of
the
earth
we
hear
songs
of
praise,
of
glory
to
the
Righteous
One.
But
I
say,
"I
waste
away,
I
waste
away.
Woe
is
me!
For
the
traitors
have
betrayed,
with
betrayal
the
traitors
have
betrayed."
24:17 Terror
and
the
pit
and
the
snare
are
upon
you,
O
inhabitant
of
the
earth!
24:18 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
the
windows
of
heaven
are
opened,
and
the
foundations
of
the
earth
tremble.
24:19 The
earth
is
utterly
broken,
the
earth
is
split
apart,
the
earth
is
violently
shaken.
24:20 The
earth
staggers
like
a
drunken
man;
it
sways
like
a
hut;
its
transgression
lies
heavy
upon
it,
and
it
falls,
and
will
not
rise
again.
24:21 On
that
day
the
LORD
will
punish
the
host
of
heaven,
in
heaven,
and
the
kings
of
the
earth,
on
the
earth.
24:22 They
will
be
gathered
together
as
prisoners
in
a
pit;
they
will
be
shut
up
in
a
prison,
and
after
many
days
they
will
be
punished.
24:23 Then
the
moon
will
be
confounded
and
the
sun
ashamed,
for
the
LORD
of
hosts
reigns
on
Mount
Zion
and
in
Jerusalem,
and
his
glory
will
be
before
his
elders.