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Isaiah 24:1
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Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
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Isaiah 24:2
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And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; 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 taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
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Isaiah 24:3
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The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
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Isaiah 24:4
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The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
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Isaiah 24:5
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The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
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Isaiah 24:6
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Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
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Isaiah 24:7
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The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
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Isaiah 24:8
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The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
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Isaiah 24:9
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They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
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Isaiah 24:10
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The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
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Isaiah 24:11
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There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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Isaiah 24:12
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In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
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Isaiah 24:13
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For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
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Isaiah 24:14
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These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.
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Isaiah 24:15
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Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
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Isaiah 24:16
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From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
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Isaiah 24:17
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
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Isaiah 24:18
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And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
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Isaiah 24:19
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The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
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Isaiah 24:20
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The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
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Isaiah 24:21
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
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Isaiah 24:22
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And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
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Isaiah 24:23
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Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
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