From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous!
But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 24:16 in context
Isaiah 24:13–19
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For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
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These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of the LORD. They cry aloud from the sea.
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Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
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From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous!
But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
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Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.
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It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
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The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
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