Isaiah 24:4

What does Isaiah 24:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 24:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they--the high place of the people of the land.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.

Context

v.3The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

v.4This passage

v.5The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 4:3

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

  • Isaiah 3:26

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

  • Isaiah 2:11

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

  • Jeremiah 12:4

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

  • Isaiah 64:6

    For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

  • 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 I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

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