Isaiah 24:4
The land mourneth, and withereth; The world languisheth, and withereth; The nobles of the people of the land do languish.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3The land is utterly emptied and utterly plundered; For Jehovah hath spoken this word.
Cross References
Isaiah 2:11The proud looks of man shall be humbled, And the loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, To the fading flower, his glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley of a people stupefied with wine.
Isaiah 64:6We are all of us an unclean thing; Like a filthy garment is all our righteousness; We are all withered like a leaf, And our sins, like a storm, have blown us away.
Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, And the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, The beasts are consumed, and the birds; For they say, “He will not see our latter end.”
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 →