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Isaiah 24:4

Grief

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

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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 mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
KJV
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
WEB
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
ASV
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
DARBY
The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
BLB
The earth has mourned [and] has faded away; the world has languished [and] has faded away; the haughty have languished people of the earth.
ÅB
Jorden sørger og visner bort; jorderike sykner og visner bort; de ypperste av dem som bor på jorden, sykner bort.
OTB
Jorden tørker opp og visner, verden vansmekter og smuldrer, de opphøyde på jorden minker.
B1930
Jorden sørger og visner bort; jorderike sykner og visner bort; de ypperste av dem som bor på jorden, sykner bort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 4:3

    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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  • Isaiah 2:11–12

    The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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  • Isaiah 33:9

    The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

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  • Isaiah 3:26

    And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

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  • Isaiah 28:1

    Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

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  • Jeremiah 12:4

    How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

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  • Isaiah 64:6

    But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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  • Jeremiah 4:28

    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

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