Isaiah 24:6

hath the(or a) curse devoured the earth Cf. Zechariah 5:3.

are desolate Render with R.V., are found guilty.

the inhabitants of the earth are burned or burn under the curse, which is the expression of the Divine wrath. The verb (ḥârar) means "to glow" (Ezekiel 24:11) or "be parched" (Job 30:30), not "be burned up."

few men left Desolating and protracted wars have reduced the population of all countries; but the process of extermination is not yet at an end (see Isaiah 24:13).