Isaiah 24:6
That is why a curse is destroying the earth. The people suffer because of their guilt. The inhabitants of the earth are burned up and only a few survive.
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7The new wine dries up, and the vine withers. All the people celebrating groan.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:22I will send wild animals to kill your children, wipe out your livestock, and make you so few in number that there won't be anyone on your roads.
Deuteronomy 28:15But if you don't obey the Lord your God by following carefully all his commandments and regulations I'm giving you today, then you will experience all the following curses and more:
Deuteronomy 29:22Later generations, your descendants and foreigners from far away, will see how the Lord has brought disaster on the country and devastated it.
Joshua 23:15But in the same way that you received all the good things that the Lord your God promised, the Lord will bring on you all the bad things he has threatened until you're completely wiped out from this good land the Lord your God has given to you.
2 Kings 25:12But the commander of the guard allowed the poor people who were left in the country to stay and take care of the vineyards and the fields.
Isaiah 1:31Your strong people will become like tinder, and their work will become like a spark. They will burn together, and nobody will be able to put out the flames.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:2-13
General Desolation Announced. ( b. c. 718.) 1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly… Read the whole commentary →