Isaiah 24:5

Isaiah 24:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• New International Version (NIV)The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant.

Context of Isaiah 24:5

3The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment. 4The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away. The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty. 6So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people. 7The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.

Isaiah 24:5 word by word

וְהָאָ֥רֶץ חָנְפָ֖ה תַּ֣חַת יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ כִּֽי־עָבְר֤וּ תוֹרֹת֙ חָ֣לְפוּ חֹ֔ק הֵפֵ֖רוּ בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• also is defiledחָנֵףchânêph · to polluteH2610
• under the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• thereof; because they have transgressedעָבַר‛âbar · to pass: trespassH5674
• the lawsתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• changedחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• the ordinanceחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• brokenפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• the everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285

Cross-references for Isaiah 24:5

• Genesis 3:17But to Adam he said, “Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
• Genesis 6:11The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.
• Leviticus 18:24“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
• Leviticus 20:22“‘You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out.
• Numbers 35:33“You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
• 2 Chronicles 33:9But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.
• Psalms 106:36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
• Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?” says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 7:20They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
• Ezekiel 22:24“Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.’
• Micah 2:10But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure! Sin will thoroughly destroy it!
• Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God who subjected it – in hope
• Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: “I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
• Isaiah 50:1This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.
• Isaiah 59:1Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.
• Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

Commentaries on Isaiah 24:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The laws "The law" - תורה torah, singular: so read the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof - The statements in this verse are given as a reason why the curse had been pronounced against them, and why these calamities had come upon them, Isaiah 24:6. The first reason is, that the very earth become polluted by their crimes. This phrase may denote that injustice and cruelty prevailed to such an extent that the very earth was stained with gore, and covered with blood under the guilty…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Isaiah likely referred to the everlasting covenant that God made with all humanity through Noah (Genesis 9:8–17). The prophet noticed a similarity between the wickedness of his time and that of the world before the flood.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. earth--rather, "the land." defiled under ... inhabitants--namely, with innocent blood (Ge 4:11; Nu 35:33; Psa 106:38). laws ... ordinance ... everlasting covenant--The moral laws, positive statutes, and national covenant designed to be for ever between God and them.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