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Isaiah 24:1-23

Isaiah: God controls the nations

God controls the future

Isaiah Chapter s 21 to 30

Norman Hillyer

Chapter 24

God will destroy the earth

v1 Listen carefully! The *Lord intends to empty the land. He will cause the surface of the land to break up. He will scatter the land’s inhabitants. v2 Every class will suffer: people and priests; slaves and masters; maids and women with authority; buyers and sellers; lenders and people in debt; rich people and poor people. v3 The land will be bare and completely empty. This is what the *Lord has decided.

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