“Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 24 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.