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The earth lies defiled
    beneath its inhabitants;
because they have transgressed the laws,[a]
violated the statutes,
and broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore the curse keeps on consuming,[b]
    and its inhabitants are declared guilty.
Furthermore, the inhabitants of earth are ablaze,
    and few people are left.
The new wine evaporates;
    the vine and the oil[c] dry up;
        all the merrymakers groan.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:5 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read the Law
  2. Isaiah 24:6 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read consuming the earth
  3. Isaiah 24:7 So 4QIsac; 1QIsaa MT LXX lack and the oil