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Isaiah 24

¹Take note! YHWH is devastating the earth,
and laying it waste.
He twists it,
and scatters those who live there.
²Here's how it's going to be:
As with the people, so with the priests;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor;
As with the one who receives interest, so with the one who pays.
³The land will be completely deserted,
Totally plundered!
For YHWH has given his word.
⁴The land decays mournfully!
The land dries and dwindles!
Those who were important diminish.
⁵The land is defiled under the rule of those who live there.
Because they have violated the covenant,
Altered the statutes,
Put aside the eternal covenant.
⁶That's why a curse has consumed the land,
Those who live there have felt their guilt,
That's why those who live in the land are burned up,
And those remaining are few.
⁷The new wine is crying,
The grapevine is withered,
Even joyful people are sighing.
⁸The joyful sound of timbrels stops.
The sound of those who shout for joy ceases.
The harp's joyful sound cuts off.
⁹No one sings as they drink wine.
The beer is bitter to those who drink it.
¹⁰The deserted city is shattered,
All the doors are and windows are barred.
¹¹In the streets people mourn over their wine.
All joy becomes dark,
The land's mirth is gone.
¹²What remains in the city is desolation,
Destruction has smitten the gate.
¹³For this is the way it will be
in the midst of the land,
among the people:
Like shaking an olive tree,
Like the gleanings when the grape-harvest is over.

¹⁴These will raise their voice!
They will shout!
At YHWH's majesty they will cry out from the sea!
¹⁵So glorify YHWH in the east,
Among the islands of the sea the name of YHWH.
¹⁶From the farthest parts of the earth we hear songs.
Splendour to the righteous!
But I said, I'm vanishing! I'm vanishing! Woe!
The treacherous have dealt treacherously;
Indeed, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
¹⁷Terror! The pit! The Snare!
They're all after you!
¹⁸Here's what's going to happen:
One who flees from the fearful sound will fall into the pit.
And the one who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the sname.
For the windows in the heights are open,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.
¹⁹The land is completely shattered.
It's totally wiped out!
It has been shaken vigorouoshly.
²⁰The land will stagger like a drunkard.
It will sway back and forth like a temporary shelter.
Its trangression will lie heavy on it.
It will fall, and won't rise again.
²¹This is what will happen that day:
YHWH will punish the high host in heaven,
And also the kings on the land.
²²And they will be gathered together
as prisoners are gathered toger in the pit.
They will be locked up in prison.
And they will be punished many days later.
²³Then the moon shall be abashed,
and the sun ashamed,
for YWHW of hosts will rule in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And glory will be before his elders.

Average revision: 3 (Draft # 1 by individual translator)