Isaiah 24:14-23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁴ They lift up their voices; they sing for joy;
    they shout from the west over the majesty of the Lord.^(A)
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
    in the coastlands of the sea glorify the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.^(B)
16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
    of glory to the Righteous One.

But I say, “I pine away;
    I pine away. Woe is me!
For the treacherous deal treacherously;
    the treacherous deal very treacherously.”^(C)
17 Terror, the pit, and the snare
    are upon you, O inhabitants of the earth!^(D)
18 Whoever flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and whoever 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.^(E)
19 The earth is utterly broken;
    the earth is torn apart;
    the earth is violently shaken.^(F)
20 The earth staggers like a drunkard;
    it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
    and it falls and will not rise again.^(G)

²¹ On that day the Lord will punish
    the host of heaven in heaven
    and on earth the kings of the earth.^(H)
22 They will be gathered together
    like prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days they will be punished.^(I)
23 Then the moon will be abashed
    and the sun ashamed,
for the Lord of hosts will reign
    on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before his elders he will be glorified.^(J)