Isaiah 24

hinneh Adonai boqeq ha'arets uvoleqah ve'ivvah faneha vehefits yosheveha

Behold, GOD will strip the earth bare, And lay it waste, And twist its surface, And scatter its inhabitants.

vehayah kha'am kakkohen ka'eved kadonayw kashifkhah kaggevirtah kaqqoneh kammokher kammalveh kalloveh kannosheh ka'asher noshe vo

Laity and priest shall fare alike, Slave and master, Handmaid and mistress, Buyer and seller, Lender and borrower, Creditor and debtor.

hibboq tibboq ha'arets vehibboz tibboz ki Adonai dibber et-haddavar hazzeh

The earth shall be bare, bare; It shall be plundered, plundered; For it is GOD who spoke this word.

avelah navelah ha'arets umlelah navelah tevel umlalu merom am-ha'arets

The earth is withered, sear; The world languishes, it is sear; The most exalted people of the earth languish.

veha'arets khanefah takhat yosheveha ki-averu torot khalefu khoq heferu berit olam

For the earth was defiled Under its inhabitants; Because they transgressed teachings, Violated laws, Broke the ancient covenant.

al-ken alah okhlah erets vayyeshemu yosheve vah al-ken kharu yosheve erets venishar enosh mizar

That is why a curse consumes the earth, And its inhabitants pay the penalty; That is why earth’s dwellers have dwindled, And but few people are left.

aval tirosh umlelah-gafen ne'enkhu kol-simkhe-lev

The new wine fails, The vine languishes; And all the merry-hearted sigh.

shavat mesos tuppim khadal she'on allizim shavat mesos kinnor

Stilled is the merriment of hand-drums, Ended the clamor of revelers, Stilled the merriment of lyres.

bashir lo yishtu-yayin yemar shekhar leshotayw

They drink their wine without song; Liquor tastes bitter to the drinker.

nishberah qiryat-tohu suggar kol-bayit mibbo

Towns are broken, empty; Every house is shut, none enter;

tsevakhah al-hayyayin bakhutsot arevah kol-simkhah galah mesos ha'arets

Even over wine, a cry goes up in the streets: The sun has set on all joy, The gladness of the earth is banished.

nishar ba'ir shammah ushe'iyyah yukkat-sha'ar

Desolation is left in the town And the gate is battered to ruins.

ki khoh yihyeh beqerev ha'arets betokh ha'ammim kenoqef zayit ke'olelot im-kalah vatsir

For thus shall it be among the peoples In the midst of the earth: As when the olive tree is beaten out, Like gleanings when the vintage is over.

hemmah yisu qolam yaronnu bigon Adonai tsahalu miyyam

These shall lift up their voices, Exult in GOD’s majesty. They shall shout from the sea:

al-ken ba'urim kabbedu Adonai be'iyye hayyam shem Adonai elohe yisra'el

Therefore, honor GOD with lights In the coastlands of the sea— The name of the ETERNAL, the God of Israel.

mikkenaf ha'arets zemirot shamanu tsevi latsaddiq va'omar razi-li razi-li oy li bogedim bagadu uveged bogedim bagadu

From the end of the earth We hear singing: Glory to the righteous! And I said: I waste away! I waste away! Woe is me! The faithless have acted faithlessly; The faithless have broken faith!

pakhad vafakhat vafakh alekha yoshev ha'arets

Terror, and pit, and trap Upon you who dwell on earth!

vehayah hannas miqqol happakhad yippol el-happakhat veha'oleh mittokh happakhat yillakhed bappakh ki-arubbot mimmarom niftakhu vayyirashu mosede arets

Whoever flees at the report of the terror Shall fall into the pit; And whoever climbs out of the pit Shall be caught in the trap. For sluices are opened on high, And earth’s foundations tremble.

ro'ah hitro'a'ah ha'arets por hitporerah erets mot hitmotetah arets

The earth is breaking, breaking; The earth is crumbling, crumbling. The earth is tottering, tottering;

noa tanua erets kashikkor vehitnodedah kammelunah vekhavad aleha pishah venafelah velo-tosif qum

The earth is swaying like a drunkard; It is rocking to and fro like a hut. Its iniquity shall weigh it down, And it shall fall, to rise no more.

vehayah bayyom hahu yifqod Adonai al-tseva hammarom bammarom ve'al-malkhe ha'adamah al-ha'adamah

In that day, GOD will punish The host of heaven in heaven And the kings of the earth on earth.

ve'ussefu asefah assir al-bor vesuggeru al-masger umerov yamim yippaqedu

They shall be gathered in a dungeon As captives are gathered; And shall be locked up in a prison. But after many days they shall be remembered.

vekhaferah hallevanah uvoshah hakhammah ki-malakh Adonai tseva'ot behar tsiyyon uvirushalai͏m veneged zeqenayw kavod

Then the moon shall be ashamed, And the sun shall be abashed. For GOD of Hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And the Presence will be revealed to God’s elders.