Isaiah 24:6

Therefore hath the curse devoured Eretz, 1 and they that dwell therein are guilty; therefore, 1 the inhabitants of her + 24:6 the earth are diminished, 1 and few enosh (humankind) left. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

In Context

5Ha'aretz also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; 1 because they have transgressed torot, 1 changed chok (ordinance), 1 broken the Brit Olam. 1

7The tirosh (new wine) faileth, the gefen languisheth, 1 all the simchei-lev (merryhearted) do sigh. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:22I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and darkheichem (your roads, ways) shall be deserted.

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer to do all His mitzvot and His chukkot which I command thee today, that all these kelalot (curses) shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Deuteronomy 29:22And that the whole land thereof is gofrit (sulfur), and melach (salt), and serefah (burning), that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any esev groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Amora, Admah, and Tzevoyim, which Hashem overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath:

Joshua 23:15Therefore it shall come to pass, that just as kol hadavar hatov are come upon you, which Hashem Eloheichem promised you; so shall Hashem bring upon you kol hadavar harah, until He hath destroyed you from off this adamah hatovah which Hashem Eloheichem hath given you.

2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land to be koremim and farmers.

Isaiah 1:31And the strong shall be as tinder, 1 and the maker of it + 1:31 the idol as a spark, 1 and they shall both burn together, 1 and none shall quench them.

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 →

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