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The earth also is polluted [a]by its inhabitants, because they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.(A) Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned [under the curse of God’s wrath], and few people are left.(B)


The new wine mourns,
The vine decays;
All the merry-hearted sigh and groan.

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  1. Isaiah 24:5 Lit under.

The earth is defiled(A) by its people;
    they have disobeyed(B) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.(C)
Therefore a curse(D) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(E)
    and very few are left.
The new wine dries up(F) and the vine withers;(G)
    all the merrymakers groan.(H)

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