Isaiah 24:5
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The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
In other translations
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
Hebrew words
וְהָאָרֶץveha'aretzand the earthH776חָנְפָהchanefahit has been pollutedH2610תַּחַתtachatunderH8478יֹשְׁבֶיהָyosheveihainhabitants itsH3427כִּי־ki-forH3588עָבְרוּ'averuthey have transgressedH5674תוֹרֹתtorotlawsH8451חָלְפוּchalfuthey have oversteppedH2498חֹקchok[the] decreeH2706הֵפֵרוּheferuthey have brokenH6565בְּרִיתberit[the] covenant ofH1285עוֹלָם׃olamperpetuityH5769
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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