Isaiah 24:6

Isaiah 24:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left.

Context of Isaiah 24:6

4The earth dries up and crumbles away, the world dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away. 5The earth also is polluted by its inhabitants, because they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned [under the curse of God’s wrath], and few people are left. 7The new wine mourns, The vine decays; All the merry-hearted sigh and groan. 8The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases, The noise of those who rejoice ends, The joy of the harp ceases.

Isaiah 24:6 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֗ן אָלָה֙ אָ֣כְלָה אֶ֔רֶץ וַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָ֑הּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן חָרוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אֶ֔רֶץ וְנִשְׁאַ֥ר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִזְעָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore hath the curseאָלָה'âlâh · oathH423
• devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and they that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• therein are desolateאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
• are burnedחָרַרchârar · to scorchH2787
• and fewמִזְעָרmiz‛âr · littleH4213
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604

Cross-references for Isaiah 24:6

• Isaiah 42:24Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned, And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk, And whose law and teaching they did not obey?
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come about, if you do not listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 30:18I declare to you today that you will certainly perish. You will not live long in the land which you cross the Jordan to enter and possess.
• Joshua 23:15It shall come about that just as every good word which the Lord your God spoke and promised to you has been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you every bad thing [about which He warned you], until He has destroyed and eliminated you from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
• Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals will be cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears [oaths falsely] shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side.
• Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
• Malachi 3:9You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, this whole nation!
• Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Matthew 27:25And all the people answered, “Let [the responsibility for] His blood be on us and on our children!”
• Leviticus 26:22I will let loose the [wild] animals of the field among you, which will bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you so few in number that your roads will lie deserted and desolate.
• Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter and disperse you among the peoples (pagan nations), and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
• Deuteronomy 28:62Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, you who were as numerous as the stars of heaven shall be left few in number.
• Ezekiel 5:3Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes.
• Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.
• Romans 9:27And Isaiah calls out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is only the remnant [a small believing minority] that will be saved [from God’s judgment];
• 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be burned up.

Commentaries on Isaiah 24:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Are burned "Are destroyed" - For חרו charu, read חרבו charebu . See the Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee and Symmachus.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Therefore hath the curse devoured - Eaten it up; a figurative expression that is common in the Scriptures, denoting that the desolation is widespread and ruinous. Are burned - (חרוּ chârû ). Instead of this reading, Lowth proposes to read: חרבוּ chârebû Are destroyed.‘ The Septuagint reads it, Therefore the inhabitants of the land shall be poor.‘ The Syriac, The inhabitants of the land shall be slain.‘ But there is no authority from the manuscripts to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Sin has such a strong impact that nothing on earth can fully make up for it. Our hope is in God. Through Christ, God has made peace with the world (Colossians 1:19–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. earth--the land. burned--namely, with the consuming wrath of heaven: either internally, as in Job 30:30 [Rosenmuller]; or externally, the prophet has before his eyes the people being consumed with the withering dryness of their doomed land (so Joe 1:10, 12), [Maurer].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings