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Isaiah 24:3

1 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

2 people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

4 The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
KJV
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
WEB
The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word.
ASV
The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
DARBY
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
BLB
The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for YHWH has spoken this word.
ÅB
Tømmes, ja tømmes skal jorden og plyndres, ja plyndres; for Herren har talt dette ord.
OTB
Jorden skal bli fullstendig lagt øde og grundig plyndret, for Herren har erklært dette ordet.
B1930
Tømmes, ja tømmes skal jorden og plyndres, ja plyndres; for Herren har talt dette ord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 24:1

    Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

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  • Isaiah 6:11

    Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

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  • Isaiah 21:17

    The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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  • Micah 4:4

    And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

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  • Ezekiel 36:4

    therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

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  • Isaiah 22:25

    In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:28

    The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

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  • Leviticus 26:30–35

    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

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