--- title: "Isaiah 24 — World English Bible | Favorite Scriptures" description: "Read Isaiah 24 in the World English Bible. Free Bible reading, no account needed. Browse books and chapters, then save favorite passages in your personal library." last_updated: "2026-10-08" doc_version: "1" language: "en" canonical: "https://favoritescriptures.com/bible/isaiah/24" --- [Home](/)/[Bible](/bible)/[Isaiah](/bible/isaiah)/24 World English Bible # Isaiah 24 [1](#verse-1) Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. [2](#verse-2) It will 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. [3](#verse-3) The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word. [4](#verse-4) The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish. [5](#verse-5) The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. [6](#verse-6) Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. [7](#verse-7) The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. [8](#verse-8) The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. [9](#verse-9) They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. [10](#verse-10) The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. [11](#verse-11) There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone. [12](#verse-12) The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction. [13](#verse-13) For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done. [14](#verse-14) These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of the LORD. They cry aloud from the sea. [15](#verse-15) Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea! [16](#verse-16) 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. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. [17](#verse-17) Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth. [18](#verse-18) It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. [19](#verse-19) The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently. [20](#verse-20) The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again. [21](#verse-21) It will happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. [22](#verse-22) They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited. [23](#verse-23) Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders. [← Isaiah 23](/bible/isaiah/23)[Isaiah 25 →](/bible/isaiah/25) World English Bible · Public domain ## Keep what speaks to you. Create a free library to save passages, highlight verses, and keep your study notes together. [Start your free library](/login?mode=signup) ## Sitemap See the [complete sitemap](/sitemap.md).