Isaiah 24 - Introduction

A.M. 3292. B.C. 712.

After having foretold the destruction of the foreign nations, enemies to Judah, the prophet declares the judgments impending on the Jews themselves, for their apostacy and wickedness, and the desolation that should be brought on their whole country. This is the general subject of this chapter, in which we have,

(1,) A threatening of these desolating judgments, Isaiah 24:1.

(2,) An assurance that in the midst of them the truly pious should be comforted, Isaiah 24:13.

(3,) A further threatening of the like desolations, Isaiah 24:17. To which is added an assurance that, in the midst of all, God should be glorified. But concerning the particular application of the subject of this chapter, interpreters are not all agreed. Some refer it to the desolation caused by the invasion of Shalmaneser; others to the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar, and others to the destruction of the city and nation by the Romans. Perhaps it may have a view to all these three great desolations of the country, especially the last, to which some parts of it may seem peculiarly applicable.