World English Bible
"The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish."
— Isaiah 24:4, World English Bible
“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 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, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
It will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.