Isa 24:4, Mic 7:17, Jam 1:11 | 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.

Micah 7:17

17 ^bthey shall lick the dust like a serpent,
like the crawling things of the earth;
^cthey shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
^dthey shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
and they shall be in fear of you.

James 1:11

11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and ^ewithers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.