Isaiah 24:4

Isaiah 24:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
• New International Version (NIV)The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and withers; the highest people of the earth languish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The earth mourns and fades away, The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish.

Context of Isaiah 24:4

2And it shall 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him. 3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5The earth also is defiled under its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell in it are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Isaiah 24:4 word by word

אָבְלָ֤ה נָֽבְלָה֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ אֻמְלְלָ֥ה נָבְלָ֖ה תֵּבֵ֑ל אֻמְלָ֖לוּ מְר֥וֹם עַם־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• mournethאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• awayנָבֵלnâbêl · to witherH5034
• worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
• languishethאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535
• haughtyמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Isaiah 24:4

• Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
• Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, who are on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
• Isaiah 33:9The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits .
• Isaiah 64:6But we are all as an uncleanthing, and all our righteousnessesare as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
• Jeremiah 4:28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
• Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
• Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be abased, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Commentaries on Isaiah 24:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The world languisheth - The world is the same with the land; that is, the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, orbis Israeliticus. See note on Isaiah 13:11; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The earth mourneth - The word earth‘ here, as in Isaiah 24:1, means the land of Judea, or that and so much of the adjacent countries as would be subject to the desolation described. The figure here is taken from flowers when they lose their beauty and languish; or when the plant that lacks moisture, or is cut down, loses its vigor and its vitality, and soon withers (compare the note at Isaiah 1:30; Isaiah 34:4; Psalm 1:3). The world - (תבל têbêl )…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4earth … withers; the world languishes and fades: The prophets often used drought imagery to capture the attention of those who depend on the land (see also Jeremiah 23:10; Joel 1:12; Amos 1:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. world--the kingdom of Israel; as in Is 13:11, Babylon. haughty--literally, "the height" of the people: abstract for concrete, that is, the high people; even the nobles share the general distress.Read the comment

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• Afflictions and Adversities
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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