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16 From the ends of the earth
    we hear songs of praise:
        ‘Glory to the Righteous One!’

“But I say, ‘I am pining away,
    I’m pining away.
        How terrible things are for me!
For treacherous people betray—
    treacherous people are betraying with treachery!’”

The Universal Impact of Judgment

17 “Terror and pit and snare are coming in your direction,
    you inhabitants of the earth!
18 Whoever flees at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit,
and whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.
For the windows of judgment[a] from above are opened,
    and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:18 1QIsaa MT lack of judgment