May 12, 2026, Isaiah 24:1-23
24 Behold, the Lord will empty the earth and
make it desolate,
and he will twist its
surface and scatter its inhabitants.
2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the
priest;
as with the slave, 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 creditor, so
with the debtor.
3 The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly
plundered;
for the Lord has spoken this word.
4 The earth mourns and
withers;
the world languishes and
withers;
the highest people of the
earth languish.
5 The earth lies defiled
under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting
covenant.
6 Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its
inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
7 The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted
sigh.
8 The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant
has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is
stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine with singing;
strong drink is bitter to
those who drink it.
10 The wasted city is broken down;
every house is shut up so
that none can enter.
11 There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth
is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered
into ruins.
13 For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when
the grape harvest is done.
14 They lift up their voices,
they sing for joy;
over the majesty of
the Lord they shout from
the west.
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the
sea, give glory to the name of the Lord,
the God of Israel.
16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to the
Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors
have betrayed.”
17 Terror and the pit and the
snare
are upon you, O inhabitant
of the earth!
18 He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the
snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations
of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently
shaken.
20 The earth staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not
rise again.
21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in
heaven,
and the kings of the
earth, on the earth.
22 They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many
days they will be punished.
23 Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for the Lord of
hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in
Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.
Reading verses like this can be difficult as we want to
see the loving Father side of God. But
think about as a child, if you continued to disobey without feeing the least
bit bad, your dad had to show you he meant business and punish you in whatever
way he felt would get your attention.
God has been trying to get our attention for many years
and it will come to a point where He says, “No more.” He will decide the ones that are going their
own way won’t ever listen and he will bring destruction upon the world.
Are you ready to meet God?
If you are, do you know someone who is not yet
ready? Talk to them, share the story
with them of why Jesus came to this earth.
Give them another chance to choose Jesus.
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