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Isaiah 24

23 aligned verses; 23 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Behold , the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants
Lo , Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste , And hath overturned ` it on' its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants .
people and priest alike , servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor .
And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid -servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting `it' on himself .
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word .
Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word :
The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away .
Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world , Languished have they -- the high place of the people of the land .
The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws ; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws , They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during .
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth , and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned , and only a few survive .
Therefore a curse hath consumed the land , And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land , And few men have been left .
The new wine dries up , the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan .
Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine , Sighed have all the joyful of heart .
The joyful tambourines have ceased ; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent .
Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.
They no longer sing and drink wine ; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
With a song they drink not wine , Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry .
It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance .
In the streets they cry out for wine . All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
A cry over the wine `is' in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy , Removed hath been the joy of the land.
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble .
Left in the city ` is ' desolation, And `with' wasting is the gate smitten .
So will it be on the earth and among the nations , like a harvested olive tree , like a gleaning after a grape harvest .
When thus it is in the heart of the land , In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished,
They raise their voices , they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD .
They -- they lift up their voice , They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea .
Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD , the God of Israel in the islands of the sea .
Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah , God of Israel.
From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One . But I said , “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me. The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.
From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say , `Leanness ` is ' to me , Leanness `is' to me, wo `is' to me . ' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery , treacherous dealers dealt treacherously .
Terror and pit and snare await you , O dweller of the earth .
Fear, and a snare, and a gin, `Are' on thee, O inhabitant of the land .
Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit , and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare . For the windows of heaven are open , and the foundations of the earth are shaken .
And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare , And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare , Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened , And shaken are foundations of the land .
The earth is utterly broken apart , the earth is split open , the earth is shaken violently .
Utterly broken down hath been the land , Utterly broken hath been the land , Utterly moved hath been the land .
The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down , and it falls , never to rise again .
Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard , And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression , And it hath fallen , and addeth not to rise.
In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below .
And it hath come to pass, in that day , Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land .
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit . They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
And they have been gathered -- A gathering of bound ones in a pit , And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected .
The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
And confounded hath been the moon , And ashamed hath been the sun , For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion , and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders -- honour!

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