Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. WHEN THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL REIGN IN MOUNT ZION ... - (.) Still future: of which Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem amidst hosannas was a pledge. HIS ANCIENTS - the elders of His people; or in general, His ancient people, the Jews. After the overthrow of the world-kingdoms, Yahweh's shall be set up with a splendour exceeding the light of the sun and moon under the previous order of things (Isaiah 60:19). Remarks: The theme of this chapter is the judgment coming upon the professing Christian world for its unfaithfulness to the covenant. The whole fabric of society, politica...

23._The moon shall be confounded. _Many commentators think that the Prophet waxes still more wroth against the Jews, so far as to say, that the sun and moon and stars are ashamed of their unbelief, and that not only men, but creatures devoid of speech, will abhor them; but this appears to be far removed from the meaning and design of the Prophet. I have no doubt that he continues to give the consolation which he had glanced at in the former verse; “When the Lord shall visit his people, and cleanse the Church from its defilement, he will establish a kingdom so illustrious that it will darken the sun and stars by its brightness.” This mode of expression is frequently employed by the prophets, and we have formerly seen it. Since, therefore, God will establish your kingdom on Mount Zion, so great will be its splendor in the restoration of the people, that those things which dazzle the eyes o...

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; and the small number of believers. He foresees that sin would abound. The meaning is plain, that evil pursues sinners. Unsteady, uncertain are all these things. Worldly men think to dwell in the earth as in a palace, as in a castle; but it shall be removed like a cottage, like a lodge put up for the night. It shall fall and not rise again; but there shall be new heavens and a new earth, in which shall dwell nothing but righteousness. Sin is a burden to the whole creation; it is a heavy burden, under which it groans now, and will sink at last. The high ones, that are puffed up with their grandeur, that think themselves out of the reach of danger, God will visit for their pride and cruelty. Le...

Verse Isaiah 24:23. _BEFORE HIS ANCIENTS GLORIOUSLY_] _In the sigt of their_ _olde men he schal ben glorified._ Old MS. BIBLE. "The figurative language of the prophets is taken from the analogy between the _world natural_ and an empire or kingdom considered as a _world politic_. Accordingly the whole world natural, consisting of _heaven_ and _earth_, signifies the whole world politic, consisting of thrones and people; or so much of it as is considered in prophecy: and the things in that world signify the analogous things in this. For the heavens and the _things therein_ signify _thrones_ and _dignities_, and those who _enjoy them_; and the earth with the _things thereon_, the _inferior people_; and the _lowest_ _parts_ of the _earth_, called _hades_ or _hell_, the _lowest_ or most

THEN THE MOON SHALL BE CONFOUNDED - The heavenly bodies are often employed in the sacred writings to denote the princes and kings of the earth. These expressions are not to be pressed _ad unguem_ as if the sun denoted one thing and the moon another; but they are general poetic expressions designed to represent rulers, princes, and magistrates of all kinds (compare Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:30). SHALL BE CONFOUNDED - Shall be covered with shame. That is, shall appear to shine with diminished beauty, as if it were ashamed in the superior glory that would shine around it. The sense is, that when the people should be returned to their land, the theocracy would be restored, and the magnificence of the kings and other civil rulers would be dimme

SECTION VI. GOD'S GENERAL JUDGMENTS UPON THE EARTH (Isaiah 24-27.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 24:1 GOD'S JUDGMENTS ON THE WORLD AT LARGE. From special denunciations of woe upon particular nations—Babylon, Assyria, Philistia, Moab, Syria of Damascus, Egypt and Ethiopia, Arabia, Judea, Tyre—the prophet passes to denunciations of a broader character, involving the future of the whole world. This section of his work extends from the commencement of Isaiah 24:1. to the conclusion of...

THEN THE MOON SHALL BE CONFOUNDED, AND THE SUN ASHAMED,.... Either literally understood; and the meaning is, that they shall be darkened, their light being eclipsed by the superior light of Christ, the sun of righteousness; see Matthew 24:29 the New Jerusalem church state, which is referred to, will have no need of the light of the sun, or of the moon, Christ being the light thereof, Revelation 21:23 figuratively it may be interpreted of the kings and great men of the earth, as Aben Ezra; whose glory will be outshone by the transcendent lustre and glory of Christ, the King of saints. The Targum paraphrases it of idolaters thus, "and they shall be confounded that worship the moon, and they shall be ashamed that worship the sun;'' perhaps this may have referenc

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 trouble (Isaiah 24:13)_ 5. _The punishment of the high ones and kings (Isaiah 24:21)_ 6. _Jehovah's reign in Mount Zion and Jerusalem (Isaiah 24:23)_ A marvellous chapter. Not a word of it has ever been fulfilled. The great day of Jeh

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 one common ruin, every distinction of class will be obliterated. For the world's inhabitants have broken the covenant made with Noah, in which bloodshed was forbidden (Genesis 9:5 f.). On bloodshed the huge empires have been founded and they shall perish in the blood they have spilt. Few men will be left, merriment ceases for wine is scarce, and the revellers who drink wine and strong drink find no pleasure in it. The city of false gods has its walls broken, the houses are closely barricaded, all gladness has gone, the city is desolation, the gate in ruins. The survivors are proportionately as few as the olives left to be beaten off the tree, or the few grapes to be gleaned when the principal...

CONFOUNDED. blush (from shame). ASHAMED. turn pale (from fear). THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9. ANCIENTS. elders. Compare Revelation 4:4. GLORIOUSLY. in glory, or "[shall be]. glory"....