Isaiah 24:4

The Passion Translation

The ground itself mourns and withers; the soil languishes over the sins of its people, and the wealthy elite wither and languish.

Cross References

Isaiah 24:21

In that day, the Lord Yahweh will punish heaven’s host and the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will be utterly devastated and ruined, for the Lord Yahweh has spoken this word!

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the pride of Israel’s drunkards, worn like a garland on their heads! Their glory is but wilted flowers, worn like a crown on the heads of those bloated with rich food and overcome by wine.

Isaiah 3:26

Cries of mourning will be heard at the city gates; with the anguish of such great loss, she will sit down and grieve in the dirt.

Isaiah 33:9

The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is disgraced and withered. The fields of Sharon are like a desert. The lands of Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become contaminated with sin, and you see our self-righteousness as nothing better than a menstrual rag. We are all like fallen leaves, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 12:4

How much longer will the land mourn? How much longer must the birds and animals perish? Even the grass of every field withers because of the wickedness of these people! For the people boast, “God doesn’t see what happens to us.”

Jeremiah 4:28

This is why the earth will mourn, and the heavens will veil their light— because I have spoken. I will neither relent nor turn away from my plans.’ ”

Lamentations 1:4

The empty roads to Zion mourn, for no one travels to her sacred feasts anymore. The singing maidens suffer, and the priests can only groan. The city gates stand empty, and Zion can only moan.