Isaiah 24:5-13

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,^(A)
for they have transgressed teachings,
overstepped decrees,
and broken the permanent covenant.^(B)
6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,^(C)
and its inhabitants have become guilty;
the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,
and only a few survive.
⁷ The new wine mourns;^(D)
the vine withers.
All the carousers now groan.
⁸ The joyful tambourines^(E) have ceased.
The noise of the jubilant has stopped.
The joyful lyre has ceased.
⁹ They no longer sing and drink wine;
beer is bitter to those who drink it.
¹⁰ The city of chaos is shattered;^(F)
every house is closed to entry.^(G)
11 In the streets they cry^[a] for wine.
All joy grows dark;
earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.
¹² Only desolation remains in the city;
its gate has collapsed in ruins.
¹³ For this is how it will be on earth
among the nations:
like a harvested olive tree,
like a gleaning after a grape harvest.^(H)