It will come about in that day, Adonai will punish the host of heaven on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
Isaiah 24:4 - Tree of Life Version The land faints and fades away, The world wilts and fades away, The exalted people of the earth wilt. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The land and the earth mourn and wither, the world languishes and withers, the high ones of the people [and the heavens with the earth] languish. American Standard Version (1901) The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish. Common English Bible The earth dries up and wilts; the world withers and wilts; the heavens wither away with the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away: the height of the people of the earth is weakened. |
It will come about in that day, Adonai will punish the host of heaven on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
The land will be utterly emptied, and totally plundered. For Adonai has spoken this word.
Oy , the proud crown of Ephraim’s drunks! Its glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is at the head of the fertile valleys of those overcome with wine!
Her gates will lament and mourn. Desolate, she will sit on the ground.
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a wilderness; Bashan and Carmel are shaken bare.
No one calls on Your Name, or stirs himself up to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
How long will the land mourn and the grass of all the field wither? Because those living in it are evil, beasts and birds are swept away. For they said, “He cannot see our end.”
Therefore, the earth will mourn and the heavens above grow black. For I have spoken, I have purposed, nor will I relent, nor turn from it.
The roads to Zion mourn for no one comes to her moadim. All her gates are desolate. Her kohanim groan, her maidens grieve— she is in bitter anguish.
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone dwelling in it will languish along with the beasts of the field and the flying creatures of the sky— even the fish of the sea will be removed.
The field is ruined, the land grieves, for the grain has been devastated, new wine is dried up, oil languishes.