rsv Isaiah:24:1-12
rsv@Isaiah:24:1 @ Behold, the LORD will lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
rsv@Isaiah: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.
rsv@Isaiah:24:3 @ The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled; for the LORD has spoken this word.
rsv@Isaiah:24:4 @ The earth mourns and withers, the world languishes and withers; the heavens languish together with the earth.
rsv@Isaiah:24:5 @ The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
rsv@Isaiah: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.
rsv@Isaiah:24:7 @ The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
rsv@Isaiah:24:8 @ The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
rsv@Isaiah:24:9 @ No more do they drink wine with singing; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
rsv@Isaiah:24:10 @ The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that none can enter.
rsv@Isaiah:24:11 @ There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has reached its eventide; the gladness of the earth is banished.
rsv@Isaiah:24:12 @ Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
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