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 mourns and withers; the world wastes away and withers; the exalted people of the earth waste away. 5The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the permanent covenant. Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants have become guilty; the earth’s inhabitants have been burned, and only a few survive. 7The new wine mourns; the vine withers. All the carousers now groan. 8The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased.

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 Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against him? They were not willing to walk in his ways, and they would not listen to his instruction.
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all his commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 30:18I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not prolong your days in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan.
• Joshua 23:15Since every good thing the Lord your God promised you has come about, so he will bring on you every bad thing until he has annihilated you from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
• Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land, for everyone who is a thief, contrary to what is written on one side, has gone unpunished, and everyone who swears falsely, contrary to what is written on the other side, has gone unpunished.
• Malachi 2:2If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
• Malachi 3:9You are suffering under a curse, yet you — the whole nation — are still robbing me.
• Malachi 4:1“For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Armies, “not leaving them root or branches.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
• Leviticus 26:22I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.
• Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.
• Deuteronomy 28:62Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
• Ezekiel 5:3But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.
• Matthew 7:14How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
• Romans 9:27But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, Though the number of Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved;
• 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed.

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