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Isaiah 24:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. "
Isaiah 24:5
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3 The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word.
4 The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore 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.
7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
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Isaiah 24:1
"Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants."
Isaiah 24:2
"It 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."
Isaiah 24:3
"The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word."
Isaiah 24:4
"The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish."
Isaiah 24:6
"Therefore 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."
Isaiah 24:7
"The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh."
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