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Isaiah 24:4–5

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4The earth mourneth and fadeth away,

The world jlanguisheth and fadeth away,

†The haughty people of the earth jdo languish.

5The kearth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;

Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,

lBroken the everlasting covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. jver. 7. See ch. 16:8.
  2. †Heb. The height of the people. Jer. 49:16. & 51:53.
  3. jver. 7. See ch. 16:8.
  4. kSee Num. 35:33.
  5. lGen. 17:13, 14, 19, &c. So ch. 33:8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The earth mourns and withers;

the world languishes and withers;

the highest people of the earth languish.

The earth lies defiled

under its inhabitants;

for they have transgressed the laws,

violated the statutes,

broken the everlasting covenant.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The earth dries up and withers,

the world languishes and withers,

the heavens languish with the earth.

The earth is defiled by its people;

they have disobeyed the laws,

violated the statutes

and broken the everlasting covenant.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The earth mourns and withers;

the world wastes away and withers;

the exalted people of the earth waste away.

The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,

for they have transgressed teachings,

overstepped decrees,

and broken the permanent covenant.

NLTNew Living Translation

The earth mourns and dries up,

and the land wastes away and withers.

Even the greatest people on earth waste away.

The earth suffers for the sins of its people,

for they have twisted God’s instructions,

violated his laws,

and broken his everlasting covenant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The earth dries up, it withers;

the world languishes, it withers.

The elevated of the people of the earth languish,

and the earth is defiled beneath its inhabitants.

For they have transgressed laws;

they have passed by statutes;

they have broken the everlasting covenant.