The earth will be completely laid waste(A)
    and totally plundered.(B)
The Lord has spoken(C) this word.

The earth dries up(D) and withers,(E)
    the world languishes and withers,
    the heavens(F) languish with the earth.(G)
The earth is defiled(H) by its people;
    they have disobeyed(I) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.(J)

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The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.

The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The (A)haughty[a] people of the earth languish.
(B)The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have (C)transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the (D)everlasting covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:4 proud

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, [a]the lofty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

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  1. Isaiah 24:4 Or, the high ones of the people

(A)The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
    (B)for the Lord has spoken this word.

(C)The earth mourns and withers;
    the world languishes and withers;
    the highest people of the earth languish.
The earth lies (D)defiled
    under its inhabitants;
for (E)they have transgressed the laws,
    violated the statutes,
    broken the everlasting covenant.

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