The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The (A)haughty[a] people of the earth languish.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:4 proud

(A)The earth mourns and languishes,
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
Sharon is like a wilderness,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

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28 For this (A)shall the earth mourn,
And (B)the heavens above be black,
Because I have spoken.
I have (C)purposed and (D)will not relent,
Nor will I turn back from it.

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How long will (A)the land mourn,
And the herbs of every field wither?
(B)The beasts and birds are consumed,
(C)For the wickedness of those who dwell there,
Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”

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The Day of the Lord

16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:

There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(A)And skillful lamenters to wailing.

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(A)Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like [a]the River,
Heave and subside
(B)Like the River of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:8 The Nile; some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Syr., Vg. River (cf. 9:5); MT the light

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