Translation comparison of Isaiah 24:1: KJV 'upside down' vs. NKJV/ESV/NASB/NIV renderings expose Mead's selective use of an English idiom

Translations compared: KJV: 'turneth it upside down'; NKJV: 'distorts its surface'; ESV: 'twist its surface'; NASB: 'distorts its surface'; NIV: 'ruin its face.' The Hebrew is better rendered as 'pervert/ruin its face/surface' — poetic language for cataclysmic damage to the earth, not a literal north-pole shift. Mead's interpretation relies entirely on the English idiom 'upside down,' which is idiomatic, not a direct translation.