Bible Strands
Isaiah 24:4
The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet pronounces this oracle of universal judgment, positioned between the declaration that the LORD has spoken (Isaiah 24:3) and the indictment that the earth is defiled by covenant violation (Isaiah 24:5).
The words — נָבְלָ֖ה (na.ve.Lah) = it has withered [H5034] and מְר֥וֹם (me.Rom) = [the] noble[s] of [H4791].
The thread — The coupling of ecological desolation with human transgression appears in Hosea 4:3, while the subversion of earthly exaltation runs through Isaiah 2:11 and the destitution of Zion in Isaiah 3:26.
Why it lands — The text asserts that global decay and the collapse of human status are direct consequences of breaking the everlasting covenant, demanding recognition that moral rebellion produces tangible, creation-wide ruin.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
Cross-references
- Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
- Isaiah 2:11 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 3:26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Isaiah 33:9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
- Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- Jeremiah 4:28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
- Jeremiah 12:4 How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”