Isaiah 24:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Isa 33:9 : 9 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.
  • Isa 2:11-12 : 11 The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
  • Isa 3:26 : 26 And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered.
  • Isa 28:1 : 1 Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
  • Jer 4:28 : 28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.
  • Jer 12:4 : 4 How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

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  • Isa 24:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5 The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.

    6 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.

    7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

  • Isa 24:3
    81%

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

  • Hos 4:3
    80%

    3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

  • Isa 24:1
    79%

    1 See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.

  • Isa 33:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8 The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.

    9 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.

  • Isa 24:19-21
    3 verses
    79%

    19 The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.

    20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.

    21 And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.

  • Jer 12:4
    77%

    4 How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

  • Joel 1:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10 The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.

    11 The farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the barley; for the produce of the fields has come to destruction.

    12 The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.

  • Jer 12:11
    75%

    11 They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart.

  • Isa 40:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.

    8 The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.

  • Isa 28:4
    74%

    4 And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.

  • Nah 2:10
    74%

    10 Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

  • Isa 24:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.

    12 In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.

    13 For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done.

  • Job 24:4
    73%

    4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

  • Isa 24:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.

    17 Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.

  • Isa 51:6
    73%

    6 Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.

  • Amos 8:8
    73%

    8 Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.

  • Joel 1:17
    73%

    17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

  • Amos 9:5
    73%

    5 For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be overflowing like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;

  • Jer 4:28
    72%

    28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

  • Jer 14:2
    72%

    2 Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

  • Jer 25:37
    72%

    37 And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

  • Mic 2:4
    72%

    4 In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

  • Jer 4:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.

    9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, and the hearts of the rulers; and the priests will be overcome with fear, and the prophets with wonder.

  • Isa 6:12
    72%

    12 And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.

  • Zeph 1:14
    72%

    14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.

  • Amos 8:4
    72%

    4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

  • Ezek 33:28
    72%

    28 And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.

  • Jer 9:10
    72%

    10 Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.

  • Ezek 7:17
    72%

    17 All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

  • Isa 3:26
    72%

    26 And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered.

  • Isa 26:21
    71%

    21 For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

  • Jer 25:34
    71%

    34 Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.

  • Jer 23:10
    71%

    10 For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.

  • Jer 4:20
    71%

    20 News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.

  • 2 Kgs 19:26
    71%

    26 This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.

  • Isa 22:4
    71%

    4 For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be comforted for the wasting of the daughter of my people.

  • Lam 2:10
    71%

    10 The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.