The Earth Polluted by Sin
R. Macculloch. Isaiah 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance… The inhabitants of the earth pollute it by their sins: the children of Israel defiled God's land by filling His inheritance with the carcasses of their abominable things, with their idolatries, with their wicked inventions and corrupt ways. (R. Macculloch.) Parallel Verses KJV: The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. WEB: The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.