24:1  Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it
waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the
inhabitants thereof.
 24:2  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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of
usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
 24:3  The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled:
for the LORD hath spoken this word.
 24:4  The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world
languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth
do languish.
 24:5  The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;
because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,
broken the everlasting covenant.
 24:6  Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they
that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of
the earth are burned, and few men left.
 24:7  The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the
merryhearted do sigh.
 24:8  The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that
rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
 24:9  They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink
shall be bitter to them that drink it.
 24:10  The city of confusion is broken down: every house is
shut up, that no man may come in.
 24:11  [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is
darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
 24:12  In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten
with destruction.
 24:13  When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among
the people, [there shall be] as the shaking of an olive tree,
[and] as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
 24:14  They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the
majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
 24:15  Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the
name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
 24:16  From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard
songs, [even] glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness,
my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt
treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very
treacherously.
 24:17  Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O
inhabitant of the earth.
 24:18  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 from on high are open, and the
foundations of the earth do shake.
 24:19  The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean
dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
 24:20  The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and
shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof
shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
 24:21  And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD
shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and
the kings of the earth upon the earth.
 24:22  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.
 24:23  Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed,
when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in
Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.