George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 24:4
Weakened: Joakim, &c., are made prisoners. The greatest monarchs must come before God's tribunal.
Weakened: Joakim, &c., are made prisoners. The greatest monarchs must come before God's tribunal.
Verse Isaiah 24:4. _THE WORLD LANGUISHETH_] The world is the same with the land; that is, the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, _orbis_ _Israeliticus_. Isaiah 13:11....
THE EARTH MOURNETH - The word ‘earth’ here, as in Isaiah 24:1, means the land of Judea, or that and so much of the adjacent countries as would be subject to the desolation described. The figure here i...
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...
MOURNETH. See note on Isaiah 3:26. MOURNETH AND FADETH AWAY. LANGUISH. Hebrew. _umlelah nablah tebel umlalu_. THE EARTH, &C. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_. This is one of the three places where (in...
The earth lies under a curse on account of the wickedness of its inhabitants....
_mourneth … languisheth … fadeth away_ Another instance of paronomasia in the original. Cf. ch. Isaiah 33:9; Hosea 4:3; Joel 1:10. _the haughty people_ Lit. "the height of the people," i.e. THE NOBLES...
THE EARTH MOURNETH AND FADETH AWAY— The _earth_ and the _world,_ here spoken of, mean Judaea and the land of Syria. Heathen writers frequently speak of particular provinces and countries under the nam...
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...
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-oppo...
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...
אָבְלָ֤ה נָֽבְלָה֙ הָ אָ֔רֶץ אֻמְלְלָ֥ה נָבְלָ֖ה...
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...
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,...
4._The earth hath lamented. _Isaiah proceeds with his subject; for all this tends to explain the desolation of the whole world, that is, of the world which was known to the Jews. According to his cust...
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 EARTH MOURNETH, [AND] FADETH AWAY,.... It mourns, because of its inhabitants being destroyed; and it fades away, because stripped of its wealth and riches: so the kings of the earth, and merchants...
The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. Ver. 4. _The earth mourneth and fadeth away._] _Luxit et diffiuxit,_ wailet...
_The earth_, the land, _mourneth and fadeth away_ Hebrew, אבלה נבלה, _abelah nabelah, lamenteth, falleth. The world languisheth,_ &c. “The world,” says Bishop Lowth, “is the same with _the land;_ that...
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...
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, like a flower that is stepped upon and wilted, THE WORLD LANGUISHETH AND FADETH AWAY; THE HAUGHTY PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, the most prominent persons, DO LANGUISH, in u...
THE HAUGHTY PEOPLE: _ Heb._ the height of the people...
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 WORLD: from this word some infer that this prophecy concerns not only the land of Judea, but also the neighbouring countries. But if the proper signification of that word be urged, this prophecy m...
Isaiah 24:4 earth H776 mourns H56 (H8804) away H5034 (H8804) world H8398 languishes H535 (H8797) away...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Hosea 4:3; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 3:26;...
The world — The land of Judea. The majesty — Not only common people, but the high and lofty ones....