Isaiah

Isaiah 24:6

⁶Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,

and its inhabitants must bear the guilt;

the earth’s dwellers have been burned,

and only a few survive.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
a curse	אָלָה֙	’ā·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H423 oath
has consumed	אָ֣כְלָה	’ā·ḵə·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H398 eat
the earth	אֶ֔רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and its inhabitants	יֹ֣שְׁבֵי	yō·šə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
must bear the guilt	וַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּ	way·ye’·šə·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H816 offend, be guilty
the earth’s	אֶ֔רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
dwellers	יֹ֣שְׁבֵי	yō·šə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
have been burned	חָרוּ֙	ḥā·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2787 be hot, scorched, burn poet
and only a few	אֱנ֖וֹשׁ	’ĕ·nō·wōš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H582 man, mankind
survive	וְנִשְׁאַ֥ר	wə·niš·’ar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H7604 remain, be left over

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.