4 The (A)earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the (B)exalted of the people of the earth fade away. 5 The earth is also (C)polluted (a)by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, (D)broke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a (E)curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the (F)inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 24:5: ['Lit ', under]

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