Isaiah 24
1Hinei, Hashem maketh Ha'Aretz empty, and maketh it waste, 1 and ruineth her face, 1 and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 1
2And it shall be, 1 as with HaAm, so with the kohen; 1 as with the eved, so with his adonim; 1 as with the shifcha (maid), so with her gevirah (mistress); 1 as with the koneh (buyer), so with the mokher (seller); 1 as with the malveh (lender), so with the loveh (borrower); 1 as with the nosheh (creditor), so with the one owing him. 1
3HaAretz shall be utterly emptied, 1 and utterly plundered; 1 for Hashem hath spoken this davar (word). 1
4Ha'aretz mourneth and fadeth away, 1 the tevel (world) languisheth and fadeth away, 1 the haughty Am HaAretz do languish. 1
5Ha'aretz also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; 1 because they have transgressed torot, 1 changed chok (ordinance), 1 broken the Brit Olam. 1
6Therefore hath the curse devoured Eretz, 1 and they that dwell therein are guilty; therefore, 1 the inhabitants of her + 24:6 the earth are diminished, 1 and few enosh (humankind) left. 1
7The tirosh (new wine) faileth, the gefen languisheth, 1 all the simchei-lev (merryhearted) do sigh. 1
8The mirth of tambourines ceaseth, 1 the noise of them that rejoice endeth, 1 the joy of the kinnor (harp) ceaseth. 1
9They shall not drink yayin with a shir (song); 1 shechar (liquor, strong drink) shall be bitter to them that drink it. 1
10The city of tohu is broken; 1 every bais is shut up, that no man may come in. 1
11There is a crying for yayin in the streets; 1 all simchah is darkened, 1 the mirth of HaAretz is banished. 1
12In the Ir is left desolation, 1 and the sha'ar is stricken with ruination. 1
13When thus it shall be in the midst of HaAretz 1 among the nations, there shall be as the shaking of a zayit (olive tree), 1 and as the olelot (gleanings) when the grape harvest is done. 1
14They shall lift up their kol (voice), they shall sing, 1 for the Ga'on (Glory) of Hashem, they shall shout from the yam. 1
15Therefore glorify ye Hashem in the Urim (east), 1 even the Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel in the iyyim (islands) + 24:15 See Isa 42:4 of the yam. 1
16From the uttermost part of Ha'Aretz have we heard zemirot (songs), 1 even glory to the Tzaddik (Righteous One). 1 But I said, My wasting away, 1 my wasting away, Oy li (woe unto me)! 1 The bogedim (traitors) have dealt treacherously; 1 the bogedim have dealt very treacherously. 1
17Pachad (fear), and the pachat (pit), and the pach (pitfall, snare), 1 are upon thee, O inhabitant of Ha'Aretz. 1
18And it shall come to pass, 1 that he who fleeth from the noise of the pachad 1 shall fall into the pachat; 1 and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pachat 1 shall be caught in the pach; 1 for the arubot (windows [see Gn 7:11]) from on high are opened, 1 and the Mosedei Eretz (foundations of the Earth) do shake. 1
19Ha'aretz is violently broken down, 1 Ha'Aretz is completely split open, 1 Eretz is shaken exceedingly. 1
20Ha'aretz shall stagger to and fro like a shikkor (drunkard), 1 and shall shake like a melunah (watchmanʼs hut); 1 and the peysha (transgression) thereof shall be heavy upon it; 1 and it shall fall, and not rise again. 1
21And it shall come to pass in yom hahu (that day), 1 that Hashem shall visit [in punishment] 1 the Tzeva HaMarom (Host on High, Pagan deities), 1 and the melachim of ha'adamah (kings of the earth) 1 upon ha'adamah (the earth). 1
22And they shall be gathered together, 1 as asir (prisoners) are gathered in the bor (dungeon, pit), 1 and shall be shut up in the masger (prison, dungeon), 1 and after many yamim shall they be visited [in punishment]. 1
23Then the levanah (moon) shall be disgraced, 1 and the chammah (sun) ashamed, 1 when Hashem Tzva'os shall reign 1 in Har Tziyon, and in Yerushalayim, 1 and before His Zekenim gloriously.