New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 24:6
6Therefore, a 1curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the 2inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.
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 mainland dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. 5The earth is also defiled by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and broke the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left. 7The new wine mourns, The vine decays, All the joyful-hearted sigh. 8The joy of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The joy of the harp ceases.
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עַל־כֵּ֗ן אָלָה֙ אָ֣כְלָה אֶ֔רֶץ וַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָ֑הּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן חָרוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אֶ֔רֶץ וְנִשְׁאַ֥ר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִזְעָֽר׃Read the interlinear
- Thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
- Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
- curseאָלָה'âlâh · oathH423
- devoursאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and those who liveיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- on it sufferאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
- decreaseחָרַרchârar · to scorchH2787
- and fewמִזְעָרmiz‛âr · littleH4213
- peopleאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- are leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
Cross-references for Isaiah 24:6
- Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoils, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, And in whose ways they were not willing to walk, And whose Law they did not obey?
- Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to be careful to follow all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, that 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 prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and take possession of it.
- Joshua 23:15But it will come about that just as all the good words which the Lord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the warnings, until He has 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 forth over the face of the entire land; everyone who steals certainly will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged away 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 give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and 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, the entire nation of you!
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branches.
- Matthew 27:25And all the people replied, “His blood shall be on us and on our children!”
- Leviticus 26:22I will also let loose among you the animals of the field, which will deprive you of your children and eliminate your cattle, and reduce your number so that your roads become deserted.
- Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
- Deuteronomy 28:62Then you will be left few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
- Ezekiel 5:3Take also a few hairs in number from them and bind them in the hems of your robes.
- Matthew 7:14For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
- Romans 9:27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel may be 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, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be discovered.
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
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