Isaiæ 24
1 ecce Dominus dissipabit terram et nudabit eam et adfliget faciem eius et disperget habitatores eius
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2 et erit sicut populus sic sacerdos et sicut servus sic dominus eius sicut ancilla sic domina eius sicut emens sic ille qui vendit sicut fenerator sic is qui mutuum accipit sicut qui repetit sic qui debet
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.
3 dissipatione dissipabitur terra et direptione praedabitur Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc
The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 luxit et defluxit terra et infirmata est defluxit orbis infirmata est altitudo populi terrae
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
5 et terra interfecta est ab habitatoribus suis quia transgressi sunt leges mutaverunt ius dissipaverunt foedus sempiternum
The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram et peccabunt habitatores eius ideoque insanient cultores eius et relinquentur homines pauci
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.
7 luxit vindemia infirmata est vitis ingemuerunt omnes qui laetabantur corde
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8 cessavit gaudium tympanorum quievit sonitus laetantium conticuit dulcedo citharae
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 cum cantico non bibent vinum amara erit potio bibentibus illam
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 adtrita est civitas vanitatis clausa est omnis domus nullo introeunte
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11 clamor erit super vino in plateis deserta est omnis laetitia translatum est gaudium terrae
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12 relicta est in urbe solitudo et calamitas opprimet portas
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 quia haec erunt in medio terrae in medio populorum quomodo si paucae olivae quae remanserunt excutiantur ex olea et racemi cum fuerit finita vindemia
For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the grape gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 hii levabunt vocem suam atque laudabunt cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus hinnient de mari
These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of the LORD they cry aloud from the sea.
15 propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israhel
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
16 a finibus terrae laudes audivimus gloriam iusti et dixi secretum meum mihi secretum meum mihi vae mihi praevaricantes praevaricati sunt et praevaricatione transgressorum praevaricati sunt
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 dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
17 formido et fovea et laqueus super te qui habitator es terrae
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 et erit qui fugerit a voce formidinis cadet in foveam et qui se explicuerit de fovea tenebitur laqueo quia cataractae de excelsis apertae sunt et concutientur fundamenta terrae
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 do shake.
19 confractione confringetur terra contritione conteretur terra commotione commovebitur terra
The earth is utterly broken, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis et gravabit eam iniquitas sua et corruet et non adiciet ut resurgat
The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall be moved to and fro like a hut; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 et erit in die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam caeli in excelso et super reges terrae qui sunt super terram
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 et congregabuntur in congregationem unius fascis in lacum et cludentur ibi in carcerem et post multos dies visitabuntur
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.
23 et erubescet luna et confundetur sol cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Hierusalem et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
