George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 24:16
I said. The prophet, or any other, may speak thus in the latter days. (Calmet) --- Myself. I cannot recount what horrid pains I beheld. (St. Jerome) (Menochius) (2 Corinthians xii. 4.)
I said. The prophet, or any other, may speak thus in the latter days. (Calmet) --- Myself. I cannot recount what horrid pains I beheld. (St. Jerome) (Menochius) (2 Corinthians xii. 4.)
Verse Isaiah 24:16. _BUT I SAID_] The prophet speaks in the person of the inhabitants of the land still remaining there, who should be pursued by Divine vengeance, and suffer repeated distresses from...
FROM THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH - The word ‘earth’ here seems to be taken in its usual sense, and to denote countries without the bounds of Palestine, and the phrase is equivalent to remote regio...
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...
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...
THE RIGHTEOUS. the righteous One (singular): i.e. the One referred to in Isaiah 24:15. or, the nation, as in Isaiah 26:2. compare Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52;...
Already, indeed, the prophet can hear songs of praise ascending from distant parts of the earth, hailing the dawn of a better day; but he himself cannot share these enthusiastic hopes. It is not likel...
Other voices _from the uttermost part_(strictly, "the skirt") _of the earth_are heard singing "_Glory to the righteous_," i.e. the righteous people, Israel. But these jubilant utterances of his more f...
Isaiah 24:16. _From the extremity of the land we hear songs, "To the righteous glory."_ These words contain the alleviation of the preceding judgment; and their reference to the history of the Maccabe...
2. JUDGMENT IS BITTER TEXT: Isaiah 24:7-16 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the...
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the tr...
24:16 earth (d-6) Or 'end (lit. 'wing') of the land.' righteous! (e-14) Or 'the Righteous One.' singular....
GLORY, etc.] i.e. splendid is the lot of the righteous. MY LEANNESS, etc.] RV 'I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! 'Songs of joy are premature; the barbariair has yet to complete the desolation. 17F...
2. All class distinctions are obliterated and confused....
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...
In fact, some people will remain alive. In all directions happy people will be praising God. They think that the punishment is over. But Isaiah knows that this is not so....
מִ כְּנַ֨ף הָ אָ֜רֶץ זְמִרֹ֤ת שָׁמַ֨עְנוּ֙ צְ
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...
THE INESCAPABLE PENALTY OF SIN Isaiah 24:14-23 There is always a godly remnant, as we are told in Isaiah 24:13, remaining in times of shaking, on the topmost boughs. The survivors who had fled acros...
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...
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the (k) righteous. But I said, (l) My leanness, my leanness, woe to me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea,...
God's people feel their leanness, in times of general calamity. And no doubt, sorrow for sinners, as well as the distress they feel in themselves, have a great tendency to waste, and lower the spirits...
16._From the uttermost part _(128) _of the earth. _This verse contains two statements which have some appearance of being at variance with each other. It begins with a joyful description of the praise...
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...
FROM THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH HAVE WE HEARD SONGS,.... Of praise and thanksgivings, on account of the judgments of God on antichrist; for the glorious appearance of Christ's kingdom; for the sp...
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the t...
_From the uttermost part_, &c. From all parts of the earth, or land, where the Jews are, or shall be, _have we heard songs_ Songs of joy and praise; _even glory to the righteous_ By _the righteous_, m...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MASS OF THE EARTH...
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, all the believers joining in the praise of Jehovah, EVEN GLORY TO THE RIGHTEOUS, literally, "Praise to the Just!" BUT I SAID, the prophet crie...
UTTERMOST: _ Heb._ wing MY LEANNESS, MY LEANNESS, WOE UNTO ME: _ Heb._ leanness to me or my secret to me...
16-23 Believers may be driven into the uttermost parts of the earth; but they are singing, not sighing. Here is terror to sinners; the prophet laments the miseries he saw breaking in like a torrent;...
FROM THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH, from all the parts of the earth or land in which the Jews are or shall be, HAVE WE HEARD SONGS, songs of joy and praise. EVEN GLORY TO THE RIGHTEOUS; or, _glory_...
Isaiah 24:16 ends H3671 earth H776 heard H8085 (H8804) songs H2158 Glory H6643 righteous H6662 said H559 ...
THE WORD OF JUDGMENT CONTINUES BUT YAHWEH WILL TRIUMPH WITH HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 24:16). Analysis. a ‘From the uttermost part of the earth we have heard songs, “Glory to the Righteous One” (Isaiah 24:...
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...
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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 24:14 The drunken binge of vv. Isaiah 24:7 is replaced with the joyful worship of those redeemed from the world....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 24:16 WOE IS ME! The prophet laments the BETRAYAL of the world (see Isaiah 6:5;...
SECTION VI. GOD'S GENERAL JUDGMENTS UPON THE EARTH (Isaiah 24-27.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 24:1 GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON THE WORLD AT
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...
Acts 13:47; Exodus 15:11; Habakkuk 1:3; Hosea 5:7; Hosea 6:7;...
From — From all the parts of the earth in which the Jews are or shall be. Songs — Of joy and praise. Glory — Or, glory be to the righteous. The Lord, the righteous one. But — In the midst of these joy...