The city of confusion, &c.— We have here the sixth gradation, which requires no other comment than to be compared with the history, Genesis 3:45, &c. See also ch. Isaiah 16:8 which will explain the phrase, There is a crying for wine in the streets. Wine here denotes the matter of joy and mirth, as appears from the next words; There is a crying for want of wine; i.e. for the want of that joy and mirth which is produced by wine. See Vitringa.
THE CITY OF CONFUSION - That Jerusalem is here intended there can be no doubt. The name ‘city of confusion.’ is probably given to it by anticipation of what it would be; that is, as it appeared in pro...
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...
CONFUSION. desolation. Hebrew. _tohu_. Same word as "without form". Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:2). Occurs in "former" portion three times (here; Isaiah 29:1, "thing of naught; "Isaiah 34:11);...
Even the "city," usually the scene of busy and joyous life, shares in the universal sadness. It is difficult to say whether a particular city is meant, or whether the word is used collectively for cit...
_The city of confusion_ (or OF CHAOS, Genesis 1:2) need not mean "the city destined to become a chaos," still less "the city of idolatry," which of course would be epithets inapplicable to Jerusalem....
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...
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. THE CITY OF CONFUSION - what apostate Jerusalem and the world-city, spiritual Babylon, apostate Christendom, w...
24:10 solitude (e-4) Or 'waste.'...
2. All class distinctions are obliterated and confused....
CONFUSION] or, 'chaos' (Genesis 1:2), so called because of the desolation awaiting it. NO MAN, etc.] the entrance being blocked with ruins,...
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...
This does not mean just one particular city. It means wherever people live. Fear and unhappiness will be everybody’s constant experience....
נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה קִרְיַת ־תֹּ֑הוּ סֻגַּ֥ר כָּל ־בַּ֖יִת...
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 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...
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...
The city of (f) confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may enter. (f) Which as it was without order so now should it be brought to desolation and confusion: and this was not on...
_Vanity. Jerusalem, (Calmet) or any other city, will be all in confusion. (Haydock) --- In, as was the case in times of mourning, Jeremias ix. 21. (Calmet)_...
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,...
10._The city of _(126) _vanity is broken down. _I do not object to viewing this as relating especially to the desolation of Jerusalem. Yet it may be gathered from the context that it applies also to o...
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...
THE CITY OF CONFUSION IS BROKEN DOWN,.... Or "of vanity", as the Vulgate Latin version; or of "emptiness" or "desolation"; the word is "tohu", used in Genesis 1:2 this is to be understood not of Bethe...
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Ver. 10. _The city of confusion._] _Urbs desolanda,_ destined to desolation: whether it be Babylon, Tyre, Jerusa...
_The city_ Jerusalem, and other cities, for the word may be here taken collectively; _of confusion_ Hebrew, תהו, which signifies _vanity, emptiness, desolation_, or _confusion._ And the city may be th...
The city of confusion is broken down, there is nothing but ruin and desolation; EVERY HOUSE IS SHUT UP THAT NO MAN MAY COME IN, the entrance being choked up by ruins; everything is chaos....
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...
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...
THE CITY; Jerusalem, and other cities; for the singular word may be here taken collectively. OF CONFUSION; or, of vanity, or emptiness, or desolation; for this Hebrew word signifies all these things....
Isaiah 24:10 city H7151 confusion H8414 down H7665 (H8738) house H1004 up H5462 (H8795) in H935 ...
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...
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 24:1 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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 24:10 THE WASTED CITY. The city is an important image in this section (see v. Isaiah 24:12;...
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...
2 Kings 25:10; 2 Kings 25:4; 2 Kings 25:9; Genesis 11:9; Isaiah 24:12
The city — Jerusalem, and other cities; for the singular word may be here taken collectively. A city of confusion or disorder, breaking all the laws and orders which God had established among them. Sh...