Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. BEHOLD, THE LORD MAKETH THE EARTH EMPTY - "the earth;" not merely the land of Judah, though that land occupies the foreground in the picture (Isaiah 24:3; ). F... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. IT SHALL BE, A... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LAND SHALL BE UTTERLY EMPTIED, AND UTTERLY SPOILED: FOR THE LORD HATH SPOKEN THIS WORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. THE WORLD - Hebrew, tebeel, the habitable world; especially here the God-opposed world-power, with all its THE WORLD - Hebrew, tebeel, the habitable world; especially here the... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. THE EARTH ALSO IS DEFILED UNDER THE INHABITANTS - "is defiled," namely, with innocent blood (Genesis 4:11; Numbers 35:33; Psalms 106:38). Inste... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. THE NEW WINE MOURNETH - `The new wine is dried up' (ashamed, margin; ). THE VINE LANGUISHETH - because there are none to cultivate it now. Dissipation, "surfeiting, and drunkenness" shall be characteristic of the latter... [ Continue Reading ]
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. THEY SHALL NOT DRINK WINE WITH A SONG - the usual accompaniment of feasts. STRONG DRINK (note, ) - Shecar. 'Date wine' (Horsley). SHALL BE BITTER - in consequence of the national calamities.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, would be: by anticipation it is called so. Babel means confusion: the apostate Church, which is spiri... [ Continue Reading ]
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. (THERE IS) A CRYING FOR WINE - to drown their sorrows in drink. , written about the same time, resembles this.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. THE GATE IS SMITTEN WITH DESTRUCTION - `with a great tumult (of the assailants) the gate is battered down' (Horsley). Or else, with a crash.... [ Continue Reading ]
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. WHEN THUS IT SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF THE LAND. Judea primarily; ultimately the remnant saved from 'the peoples,' or Gentile natio... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. THEY - those who are left after the persecutions of Antichrist; the remnant. SHALL SING FOR THE MAJESTY OF THE LORD - sing a thanksgiving for the goodness of the Lord, who has so mer... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. IN THE FIRES, [ baa'uriym (H217)]. Vitringa translates, 'in the caves.' Could it mean the fires of affliction? (1 Peter 1:7.) They were exiles at the time. The fires only loose the carnal... [ Continue Reading ]
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 treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. FROM THE UTTERMOST PART (HEBREW, WING) OF THE EA... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. FEAR, AND THE PIT, AND THE SNARE. This verse explains the wretchedness spoken of in . Jeremiah () uses the same words. They are proverbial; expressing that the inhabitants were nowhere safe: if they escaped one danger, th... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. NOISE OF THE FEAR - the shout designe... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. THE EARTH IS MOVED EXCEEDINGLY - image from an earthquake.... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. REMOVED LIKE A COTTAGE - Hebrew, kamlunaah (H4412), from luwn (H3885), to lodge for the night (note, Isaiah 1:8). Her... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. HOST OF THE HIGH ONES - the heavenly host; i:e., either the visible host of heaven (the present economy of nature, affected by the sun, moon, an... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. AS PRISONERS ARE GATHERED IN THE PIT - `in the dungeon;' literally, 'upon [ `al (H5921)] the pit' or 'dungeon:' implying that the prisoners ar... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]