Isaiah 24:3 “The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the…”

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

World English Bible

The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word.

American Standard Version

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Geneva Bible 1599

The earth shalbe cleane emptied, and vtterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this worde.

Darby Translation

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Young's Literal Translation

Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

Bible in Basic English

The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.

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Cross references

“shall”

Isaiah 24:1 Isaiah 6:11 Leviticus 26:30–35 Deuteronomy 29:23 Deuteronomy 29:28 2 Chronicles 36:21

Isaiah 24:1 · BSB

Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

Isaiah 6:11 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

Leviticus 26:30–35 · BSB

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Deuteronomy 29:23 · BSB

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce an…

Deuteronomy 29:28 · BSB

The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

2 Chronicles 36:21 · BSB

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

“the Lord”

Isaiah 21:17 Isaiah 22:25 Micah 4:4 Jeremiah 13:15

Isaiah 21:17 · BSB

The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

Isaiah 22:25 · BSB

In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

Micah 4:4 · BSB

And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

Jeremiah 13:15 · BSB

Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

4The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

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