The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. The (A)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (B)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. The earth is also (C)defiled [a]by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and (D)broke the everlasting covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:5 Lit under

The earth will be completely laid waste(A)
    and totally plundered.(B)
The Lord has spoken(C) this word.

The earth dries up(D) and withers,(E)
    the world languishes and withers,
    the heavens(F) languish with the earth.(G)
The earth is defiled(H) by its people;
    they have disobeyed(I) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.(J)

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