⁶Therefore, a ^acurse devours the earth, and those who inhabit it are held guilty. Therefore, the ^binhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men remain.

⁷The ^anew wine mourns;

The vine languishes;

All the glad of heart sigh.

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Footnotes

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Cross references

a Is 33:9
b Is 2:12; 24:21
a Gen 3:17; Num 35:33; Is 9:17; 10:6
b Is 33:8
a Josh 23:15; Is 34:5; 43:28; Zech 5:3, 4
b Is 1:31; 5:24; 9:19
a Is 16:10; Joel 1:10, 12

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.

Therefore a curse devours the earth,

and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;

therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,

and few men are left.

The wine mourns,

the vine languishes,

all the merry-hearted sigh.

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.

Therefore a curse consumes the earth;

its people must bear their guilt.

Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,

and very few are left.

The new wine dries up and the vine withers;

all the merrymakers groan.

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.

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,

and its inhabitants have become guilty;

the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,

and only a few survive.

The new wine mourns;

the vine withers.

All the carousers now groan.

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.

Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.

Its people must pay the price for their sin.

They are destroyed by fire,

and only a few are left alive.

The grapevines waste away,

and there is no new wine.

All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.

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.

Therefore a curse devours the earth,

and the inhabitants in it suffer for their guilt.

Therefore the inhabitants of the earth burn,

and few men are left.

The new wine dries up;

the vine languishes.

All the merry of heart sigh;

KJV 1900King James Version

The earth mourneth and fadeth away,

The world languisheth and fadeth away,

The haughty people of the earth do languish.

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;

Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,

Broken the everlasting covenant.

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.

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth,

All the merryhearted do sigh.

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