Isa 24:4, 33:8-9, Jer 4:23-26, 12:4, 23:10, Hos 4:3, Joe 1:10 | ESV | STEP | The earth mourns and withers ; the world languishes and withers ; the highest people of the earth languish .

Isaiah 24:4

4 ^aThe earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.

Isaiah 33:8-9

8 ^bThe highways lie waste;
the traveler ceases.
^cCovenants are broken;
cities ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll witnesses} are despised;
there is no regard for man.
9 ^eThe land mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

Jeremiah 4:23-26

23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was ^fwithout form and void;
^gand to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on ^hthe mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 ⁱI looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, the ^jfruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before ^khis fierce anger.

Jeremiah 12:4

4 ^lHow long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
^mFor the evil of those who dwell in it
ⁿthe beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

Jeremiah 23:10

10 ^oFor the land is full of adulterers;
^pbecause of the curse ^qthe land mourns,
and ^rthe pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
^sTheir course is evil,
and their might is not right.

Hosea 4:3

3 Therefore ^tthe land mourns,
and all who dwell in it languish,
^uand also the beasts of the field
and the birds of the heavens,
^vand even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Joel 1:10

10 The fields are destroyed,
^wthe ground mourns,
because ^xthe grain is destroyed,
^ythe wine dries up,
the oil languishes.