Isaiah 24:6 “Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bea…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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 are left.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore hath the curse deuoured the earth, and the inhabitantes thereof are desolate. Wherefore the inhabitants of the land are burned vp, and fewe men are left.

Darby Translation

Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.

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Cross references

“hath”

Malachi 4:1 Malachi 4:6 Deuteronomy 28:15–20 Deuteronomy 29:22–28 Malachi 2:2 Malachi 3:9

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“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…

Malachi 4:6 · BSB

And 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.”

Deuteronomy 28:15–20 · BSB

If, 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:

Deuteronomy 29:22–28 · BSB

Then 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.

Malachi 2:2 · BSB

If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you ar…

Malachi 3:9 · BSB

You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

“and few”

Matthew 7:14 Leviticus 26:22 Ezekiel 5:3 Romans 9:27 Deuteronomy 4:27 Deuteronomy 28:62

Matthew 7:14 · BSB

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Leviticus 26:22 · BSB

I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

Ezekiel 5:3 · BSB

But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

Romans 9:27 · BSB

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

Deuteronomy 4:27 · BSB

Then 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 28:62 · BSB

You 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.

Also

Isaiah 1:31

Isaiah 1:31 · BSB

The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.

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

In context

5The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

7The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

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