Verse 2
Isaiah 24:2
Literal Standard Version
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And it has been—as a people so a priest, || As the servant so his master, || As the maidservant so her mistress, || As the buyer so the seller, || As the lender so the borrower, || As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֤ה כָ/עָם֙ כַּ/כֹּהֵ֔ן כַּ/עֶ֨בֶד֙ כַּֽ/אדֹנָ֔י/ו כַּ/שִּׁפְחָ֖ה כַּ/גְּבִרְתָּ֑/הּ כַּ/קּוֹנֶה֙ כַּ/מּוֹכֵ֔ר כַּ/מַּלְוֶה֙ כַּ/לֹּוֶ֔ה כַּ/נֹּשֶׁ֕ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר נֹשֶׁ֥א בֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And it shall be, as the people, so the priest; as the servant, so the master; as the maid, so the mistress; as the buyer, so the seller; as the lender, so the borrower; as the creditor, so the debtor.
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Behold, YHWH is emptying the earth, || And is making it desolate, || And has overturned it on its fa...
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2
And it has been—as a people so a priest, || As the servant so his master, || As the maidservant so h...
3
The earth is utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, || For YHWH has spoken this word:
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4
The earth has mourned, faded, || The world has languished, faded, || They have languished—the high p...
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5
And the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, || Because they have transgressed laws, || The...
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6
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, || And the inhabitants in it become desolate, || Therefore...
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7
The new wine has mourned, the vine languished, || All the joyful of heart have sighed.
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8
The joy of tambourines has ceased, || The noise of exulting ones has ceased, || The joy of a harp ha...
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9
They do not drink wine with a song, || Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
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10
It was broken down—a city of emptiness, || Every house has been shut from its entrance.
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11
In out-places is a cry over the wine, || All joy has been darkened, || The joy of the land has been...
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12
Desolation is left in the city, || And the gate is struck with ruin.
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13
When thus it is in the heart of the land, || In the midst of the peoples, || As the surrounding of t...
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14
They lift up their voice, || They sing of the excellence of YHWH, || They have cried aloud from the...
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15
Therefore honor YHWH in prosperity, || In islands of the sea, the Name of YHWH, God (Elohim) of Isra...
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16
From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, || The desire of the righteous. And I say, “Leanness is...
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17
Fear, and a snare, and a trap, || Are on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
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18
And it has come to pass, || He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear falls into the snare, || An...
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19
The earth has been utterly broken down, || The earth has been utterly broken, || The earth has been...
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20
The earth staggers greatly as a drunkard, || And it has been moved as a lodge, || And its transgress...
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21
And it has come to pass in that day, || YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high...
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22
And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, || And they have been shut up in a p...
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23
And the moon has been confounded, || And the sun has been ashamed, || For YHWH of Hosts has reigned...
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