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Isaiah 24:4

World English Bible

The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

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Isaiah 24:4 in other translations

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

Isaiah 24:4 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 24:4 in context

  1. 2It will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
  2. 3The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
  3. 4The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
  4. 5The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
  5. 6Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.