Isaiah 24:5

Yea the earth itself is profaned under them who dwell therein,—For they have Set aside laws, Gone beyond statute, Broken an age-abiding covenant.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

In Context

4Mourneth, fadeth, the earth Languisheth, fadeth, the world,—Languished have the lofty of the people of the earth.

6For this cause, a curse, hath devoured the earth, And punished are the dwellers therein,—For this cause, are burned the inhabitants of the earth, And the men left remaining—are few.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

Genesis 17:13He must surely be circumcised, born of thy house or bought with thy silver,—So shall my covenant be in your flesh for an age-abiding covenant.

Leviticus 20:22Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations, and do them,—So shall the land whereinto I am bringing you to dwell therein, not vomit you forth;

Numbers 35:33So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood, doth pollute the land, and for the land, no propitiatory-covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it;

Deuteronomy 32:20So he said:—I will hide my face from them, I will see what will be their hereafter,—For a generation given to intrigue, they are, Sons, whom there is no trusting;

Joshua 24:25So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day,—and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem.

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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