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Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֗ןKen-foreH3651 →
אָלָה֙'a.Laha curseH423 →
אָ֣כְלָה'A.khe.lahit has consumedH398 →
אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] earthH776 →
וַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּvai.ye'.she.Muand they have been held guiltyH816 →
יֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.vei[the] inhabitantsH3427 →
בָ֑הּVahin <the> it
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֗ןKen-foreH3651 →
חָרוּ֙cha.Ruthey have diminishedH2787 →
יֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] earthH776 →
וְנִשְׁאַ֥רve.nish.'Arand it will be leftH7604 →
אֱנ֖וֹשׁ'e.No.oshhumankind ofH582 →
מִזְעָֽר׃miz.'ArsmallnessH4213 →

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Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.Zechariah 5:3Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.Malachi 4:6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”Ezekiel 5:3But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.Leviticus 26:22I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.Romans 9:27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.Deuteronomy 28:62You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.Joshua 23:15–16But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.Deuteronomy 28:15–20If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:Malachi 3:9You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.Isaiah 42:24–25Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.Deuteronomy 29:22–28Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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