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. "
— Isaiah 24:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.”
“The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish. ”
“The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.”
“The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.”
“The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.”
“The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.”
“The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.”
Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.