Isaiah 24:5

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Summary

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

Defiled

Changed

Hebrews 9:1

General references

Leviticus 26:35

Isaiah 24:19

Bible References

Defiled

And unto Adam he said, "Forasmuch as thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying 'See thou eat not thereof' cursed be the earth for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat thereof all days of thy life:

And the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and was full of mischief.

Defile not yourselves in any of these things, for with all these things are these nations defiled which I cast out before you:

"'See that ye keep therefore all mine ordinances and all my judgments, and that ye do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out.

"'And see that ye pollute not the land which ye are in, for blood defileth the land. And the land can none otherwise be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of it that shed it.

But Manasseh made Judah and the inhabiters of Jerusalem to err and to do worse than the heathen which the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay.

Commonly, when a man putteth away his wife, and she goeth from him, and marrieth with another, then the question is: should he resort unto her any more after that? Is not this field then defiled and unclean? But as for thee, thou hast played the harlot with many lovers, yet turn again to me, sayeth the LORD.

because they made thereof not only costly Jewels for their pomp and pride, but also abominable images and Idols. For this cause will I make them to be abhorred.

"Thou son of man, tell her, 'Thou art an unclean land, which is not rained upon in the day of the cruel wrath:

Up, get you hence, for here shall ye have no rest. Because of their Idolatry they are corrupt, and shall miserably perish.

because the creatures are subdued to vanity against their will: but for his will which subdueth them in hope.

Changed

And so Joshua made a covenant with the people the same day and set ordinances and laws before them in Shechem.

He shall subdue three kings, and shall speak words against the highest of all: he shall destroy the saints of the most highest, and think that he may change times and laws. They shall be given under his power, until a time, two times, and a half a time.

In vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but the commandments of men,

Both were perfect before God, and walked in all the laws and ordinances of the Lord, that no man could find fault with them.

That first tabernacle verily had ordinances and servings of God, and worldly holiness.

General references

And as long as it lieth void it shall rest, for that it could not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.

The earth shall give a great crack, it shall have a sore ruin, and take a horrible fall.