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It will be the same for the lay people as for priests,
    the same for servants as for their masters,
for female servants as for their mistresses,
    for buyers as for sellers,
for lenders as for borrowers,
    and for creditors as for debtors.
The earth will be utterly depopulated
    and completely laid waste —
        for the Lord has spoken this message.[a]

“The earth dries up and withers;
    the world languishes and fades away;
heaven fades away,
    along with the earth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:3 Lit. word
  2. Isaiah 24:4 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT reads the heavens fade away; cf. LXX reads the exalted ones of the earth mourn