Isaiah 24:4

4 The earth mourns and withers; the world wastes away and withers; the exalted people of the earth waste away.

Isaiah 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 24:4

The earth mourneth, [and] fadeth away
It mourns, because of its inhabitants being destroyed; and it fades away, because stripped of its wealth and riches: so the kings of the earth, and merchants of it are represented as weeping and mourning at the destruction of Rome, because of its judgments, and the loss of its trade and riches, ( Revelation 18:9-17 ) : the world languisheth, [and] fadeth away:
the inhabitants of it are like a sick man, that is so faint and feeble that he cannot stand, but totters and falls; and like the leaves of trees and flowers of the fields, whose strength and beauty are gone, and fade and fall: the haughty people of the earth do languish:
the kings and merchants of the earth before mentioned, who grow sick and faint through fear of what is coming upon them.

Isaiah 24:4 In-Context

2 people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

3 The earth will be stripped completely bare and will be totally plundered, for the Lord has spoken this message.

4 The earth mourns and withers; the world wastes away and withers; the exalted people of the earth waste away.

5 The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants have become guilty; the earth's inhabitants have been burned, and only a few survive.