The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Le pays est triste, épuisé; Les habitants sont abattus, languissants; Les chefs du peuple sont sans force.
KJV
The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
John of Ephesus
Ecclesiastical History
, it dwelt in mourning […] the earth has become like its inhabitants”: This is an exact quotation of Isaiah 24:4–5 (Brock 1987, 39). Chapter 24 of the Book of Isaiah contains a curse of God on the earth and its inhabitants as a result of their continued disobedience, followed by…
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