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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Isaiah 24:2

Priest. All distinctions shall be disregarded. (Worthington) --- When Jerusalem was taken, all became captives.

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See also Isaiah 24:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AS WITH THE PEOPLE, SO WITH THE PRIEST - This does not mean in moral character, but in destiny. It does not mean that the character of the priest would have any influence on that of the people, or tha...

  • 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

    AS... SO. Figure of speech _Simile_. THE LENDER... THE BORROWER. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25; Exodus 22:27; Deuteronomy 15:2;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    briefly announce the theme of the whole discourse, a final and universal judgment on the world....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The judgment affects all classes alike, without distinction of rank or fortune. _as_with _the people … priest_ Cf. Hosea 4:9. It would hardly be safe to infer from this proverbial expression that at t...

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Every part of human society suffers – in religion, in domestic life, in business....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֤ה כָ † עָם֙ כַּ † כֹּה

  • 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

    And it shall be, as with the people, so with the (b) 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,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Some of the old copies read the word earth, land, and confine the sorrows to the house of Judah. But it should seem from what follows in the after-parts of the chapter, where the same subject is spoke...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._And it shall be. _By these words he means the utmost desolation, in which there will be no longer any distinction of ranks or any appearance of a commonwealth; for so long as there is a tolerably r...

  • 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

    AND IT SHALL BE, AS WITH THE PEOPLE, SO WITH THE PRIEST,.... Or, "prince" p; no order or rank of men will fare better than another; their dignity, in things civil or ecclesiastical, will not secure th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest_, &c. The calamity shall be universal, without any respect or distinction of persons or ranks of men; the priests themselves, having been parta...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest, all sharing the same calamities alike; AS WITH THE SERVANT, SO WITH HIS MASTER; AS WITH THE MAID, SO WITH HER MISTRESS; AS WITH THE BUYER, SO W...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PRIEST: Or, Prince...

  • 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

    IT SHALL BE, AS WITH THE PEOPLE, SO WITH THE PRIEST; the approaching calamity shall be universal, without any respect or distinction of persons or ranks of men; the priests themselves, having been par...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 24:2 people H5971 priest H3548 servant H5650 master H113 maid H8198 mistress H1404 buyer H7069 (H8802) seller...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    IN THE FUTURE THAT IS TO COME THERE WILL BE WORLD-WIDE DEVASTATION (ISAIAH 24:1). Here as on opening gambit is a picture of unrelieved worldwide desolation in which all will be involved. None may esca...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _And it shall be, as with the people, go with the priest_ THE MUTUAL ASSIMILATION OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE The minister makes the people and the people make the minister. I. THE MINISTER’S INFLUENCE....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty_ “THE EARTH,” “The earth,” not the “land” (R.. marg_._) of Judah or Palestine. “The prophecy leaps far beyond all particular or national conditions.” (_J. Sk...

  • 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 Chronicles 36:14; 2 Chronicles 36:20; 2 Samuel 20:26; 2 Samuel 8:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    It shall be — The approaching calamity shall be universal, without any distinction of persons or ranks; the priests themselves having been partakers of the peoples sins, shall also partake with them i...

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