The (A)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (B)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle. The earth is also (C)defiled [a]by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and (D)broke the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a (E)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the (F)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.

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  1. Isaiah 24:5 Lit under

And He has treated His [a]tabernacle violently, like a despised garden;
He has (A)destroyed His appointed [b]meeting place.
The Lord has (B)caused
The appointed feast and Sabbath in Zion to be forgotten,
And He has (C)despised king and priest
In the indignation of His anger.
The Lord has (D)rejected His altar,
He has [c]repudiated His sanctuary;
He (E)has handed over
The walls of her palaces to the enemy.
They have made a (F)noise in the house of the Lord
As on the day of an appointed feast.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:6 Or booth
  2. Lamentations 2:6 Or feast
  3. Lamentations 2:7 I.e., scornfully rejected

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