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Isaiah 24:6

Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Burned - namely, with the consuming wrath of heaven: either internally, as (Rosenmuller), or externally, the prophet has before his eyes the people being consumed with the withering dryness of their doomed land (so ; ) (Maurer). And ultimately the "flaming fire" of vengeance with which the Lord Jesus shall visit all that obey not the Gospel.

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See also Isaiah 24:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 24:6. _ARE BURNED _- "Are destroyed"] For חרו _charu_, read חרבו _charebu_. See the _Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee_, and _Symmachus_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE HATH THE CURSE DEVOURED - Eaten it up; a figurative expression that is common in the Scriptures, denoting that the desolation is widespread and ruinous. ARE BURNED - (חרוּ _chârû_). Instea...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 24 The Day of Jehovah 1. _Jehovah dealing with the earth(Isaiah 24:1)_ 2. _All classes affected (Isaiah 24:2)_ 3. _The Desolations described (Isaiah 24:3)_ 4. The Jewish Remnant during the tr...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 24. A WORLD-WIDE JUDGMENT FORETOLD. The apocalypse opens with the description of a judgment on the whole world. This judgment is predicted, it has not already happened. It will involve all in o...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THEREFORE HATH THE CURSE DEVOURED THE EARTH. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one in margin), and Syriac, read "Because of. curse the earth mourneth". EARTH. Hebrew. _'erez_. DESOLATE....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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 expre...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The earth lies under a curse on account of the wickedness of its inhabitants....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEREFORE HATH THE CURSE DEVOURED THE EARTH— This verse contains the fourth gradation, and is well illustrated by Zechariah 5:1; Zechariah 5:11. The phrase _are burned,_ refers to the internal consump...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IV. JUDAH AND JUDGMENT - Chapter S 24 - 27 A. JUDGMENT ON JUDAH'S ENEMIES, CHAPTER 24 1. JUDGMENT IS SURE TEXT: Isaiah 24:1-6 1 Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turn...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    24:6 guilty; (d-15) Or 'are made desolate.' see Psalms 34:21 ,Psalms 34:22 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    2. All class distinctions are obliterated and confused....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The people in Israel knew that wicked behaviour could affect the land itself (see Deuteronomy 21:1-9)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 24 GOD WILL DESTROY THE EARTH V1 Listen carefully! The *Lord intends to empty the la...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַל ־כֵּ֗ן אָלָה֙ אָ֣כְלָה אֶ֔רֶץ וַֽ יֶּאְשׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that - we...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DESOLATION OF A GUILTY WORLD Isaiah 24:1-13 This and the three following Chapter s form a single prophecy, describing the calamities about to desolate the land, because the inhabitants _had trans...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In these last Chapter s of the second circle, the prophet takes a still wider outlook. He sees how all the world is under the government of God. In this chapter the prophet states the fact in general...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore hath the (d) curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell in it are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are (e) burned, and few men left. (d) Written in the law, as in (Levitic...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sin. Towards the end of the world iniquity will abound, and men shall rage against each other, Matthew xxiv. (Worthington) --- They will also feel the effects of sin. --- Mad: abandoned to their pass...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here is but little variation from what went before. The representation is as if taken from the prophets vision; the roll is written within and without, and the contents are lamentations, and mourning,...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth. _Some render it _perjury_, (124) but as אלה (ā_lāh_) signifies also a “curse,” I have no doubt that here he employs it to denote a “curse,” and alludes...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 24 sets before us the overturning of everything in the earth. The land of Israel is first in view. But there all the elements of all the systems of this world will be gathered together and jud...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEREFORE HATH THE CURSE DEVOURED THE EARTH,.... The inhabitants of it, and the fruits upon it, alluding to the earth being cursed for the sin of man, when it brought forth briers and thorns; this may...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left._ Ver. 6. _Therefore hath the curse devoure...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The earth also_ Rather, _And the land is defiled under the inhabitants thereof_ By the wickedness of its people. Here we have the causes of the divine judgment upon the land: _because they have trans...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, with the fire of the divine wrath, AND THEY THAT DWELL THEREIN ARE DESOLATE, compelled to do the most bitter penance; THEREFORE THE INHABITANTS OF THE EART...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE JUDGMENT UPON THE EARTH. The four ers, 24 to 27 inclusive, form one continuous poetical prophecy, remarkable both for form and for content. It is a great chorus in four movements, describing the e...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 All whose treasures and happiness are laid up on earth, will soon be brought to want and misery. It is good to apply to ourselves what the Scripture says of the vanity and vexation of spirit whi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE CURSE; the curse of God threatened to transgressors, DEUTERONOMY 28:15, DEUTERONOMY 29:20, and imprecated by and upon themselves, if they should not persist in their obedience to God, Deuteronomy

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 24:6 curse H423 devoured H398 (H8804) earth H776 dwell H3427 (H8802) desolate H816 (H8799) inhabitants...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    EVENTUALLY THE CURSE WILL RESULT IN BLESSING FOR GOD'S OWN PEOPLE (ISAIAH 24:4). The reason for the coming judgment is clearly stated. It will occur because of man's disobedience to God. That will be...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Looking through national troubles to the Kingdom age. The coming tribulation for the Jews, destruction of Gentile powers and opening of the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Earth, poll...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 24:17. _Fear, and the pit._ This is a figure of hunting, the wild beasts being chased into pits dug in narrow passages, and covered with green branches. So the great ones should be caught, by t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 24:1 The third and climactic vision of God ruling the nations in judgment and salvation. These chapters foresee the whole world in crisis at the end of history, but God’s people...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION VI. GOD'S GENERAL JUDGMENTS UPON THE EARTH (Isaiah 24-27.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 24:1 GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON THE WORLD AT

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter 24, we get into, really, things that the earth will be facing very soon, because we get into things that will be happening during the Great Tribulation as the Lord is prepar...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 3:10; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:62; Deuteronomy 29:22;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The curse — The curse of God threatened to transgressors. Burned — Are consumed by the wrath of God, which is commonly compared to fire....

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