Isaiah 24:1-6

The LORD’s Devastation of the Earth

1 See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same for priest as for people, for the master as for his servant, for the mistress as for her servant, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
3 The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
4 The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth.
5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.

Cross References 18

  • 1. ver 20; Isaiah 2:19-21; Isaiah 33:9; Jeremiah 25:29
  • 2. S Joshua 6:17; S Isaiah 13:5
  • 3. S Genesis 11:9
  • 4. Hosea 4:9
  • 5. Ezekiel 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
  • 6. S Leviticus 25:35-37; Deuteronomy 23:19-20; Isaiah 3:1-7
  • 7. S Genesis 6:13
  • 8. Isaiah 6:11-12; Isaiah 10:6
  • 9. S Isaiah 7:7
  • 10. Jeremiah 12:11; Jeremiah 14:4; Joel 1:10
  • 11. S Isaiah 15:6
  • 12. S Isaiah 2:12
  • 13. S Isaiah 3:26
  • 14. S Genesis 3:17; Numbers 35:33
  • 15. S Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 59:12; Jeremiah 7:28
  • 16. S Genesis 9:11; S Jeremiah 11:10
  • 17. S Joshua 23:15
  • 18. S Isaiah 1:31
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