Isaiah 24:4

Isa 24:4 The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Ver. 4. The earth mourneth and fadeth away. ] Luxit et diffiuxit, waileth and faileth; gallant rhetoric in the original, as this is a stately chapter all along: all the rollings of Demosthenes are but dull stuff compared to it.

The world languisheth. ] As a sick man, so enfeebled that he cannot stand high alone.