旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第24章

See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants--
it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.
The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all gaiety is banished from the earth.
The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.
So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD'S majesty.
Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!"
Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.
Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken.
The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls--never to rise again.
In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.
The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.
以赛亚书第廿四章   赛 24-27 章 > 神的审判不仅是对犹大,而且── 

  24-27 章 这四章通常被称作“以赛亚的启示”,它们讨论了神对整个罪恶世界的审判。以赛亚的预言最初指向的是犹大,然后是以色列,其后是周围国家,最后是整个世界。这些章节描述了神在末日对世界的审判,那个时候神将永远除去邪恶。 

  赛 24:4-5> 人犯罪,其影响有多广? 

  24:4-5 不仅人因罪恶而受苦,就连土地也受到了牵连。今天我们看到了罪在我们中间的结果:环境污染、刑事案件、毒瘾、贫困。罪影响了社会的每一角落,就是那些对神忠心的人也在受苦。我们不能为这些事情埋怨神,因为这些事情是由人类的罪招致的。我们应该拒绝罪,抵制不道德的行为,并与他人分享神的话语,这样做社会的腐化进程便会放慢。我们不能放弃努力,罪虽在蔓延,但我们可以抵制它。 

  赛 24:14-16> 有人得荣耀,有人遭毁灭,这发生在…… 

  24:14-16 在神审判犹大之后,留下的信徒将歌颂神的公义和荣耀。以赛亚为他那个时代的罪恶而悲痛,我们也因为周围的邪恶变得沮丧。在这时候,我们须要紧紧抓住神对未来的应许,并盼望神重建天地时向神歌唱。 

  赛 24:21> 高处──众军……