Isaiah 24:4-7

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The earth mourns and withers;
the world wastes away and withers;
the exalted people of the earth waste away.

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The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,^(A)
for they have transgressed teachings,
overstepped decrees,
and broken the everlasting covenant.^(B)

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Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,^(C)
and its inhabitants have become guilty;
the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,
and only a few survive.

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The new wine mourns;^(D)
the vine withers.
All the carousers now groan.

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 24:5: Genesis 3:17; Genesis 6:5; Genesis 6:11-12; Numbers 35:33; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 10:6

B. Isaiah 24:5: Genesis 9:16; Genesis 17:7; Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 24:8; Psalm 105:10; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 16:60

C. Isaiah 24:6: Joshua 23:15; Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 43:28

D. Isaiah 24:7: Isaiah 16:10; Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12