Isaiah 24:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turnetha it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. ”

Isaiah 24:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Maketh the earth empty - That is, will depopulate it, or take away its inhabitants, and its wealth. The word ‘earth’ here ( ארץ 'ārets ) is used evidently not to denote the whole world, but th...
Isaiah 24:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, the LORD maketh the (a) earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants. (a) This prophecy is as a conclusion of that which has been threa...
Isaiah 24:1 - 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 i...
Isaiah 24:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. earth. Hebrew ha- 'arez . Occurs sixteen times in this chapter. Rendered "land" in verses: Isaiah 24:3 ; Isaiah 2...
Isaiah 24:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty. This prophecy, so far as I can judge, is the conclusion of all the descriptions that have been given from the thirteenth chapter downwards, in whic...
Isaiah 24:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Isaiah 24:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, &c.— The first section of the first discourse, contained, in this chapter, is twofold: the first member, which properly explains the judgments of God upon a corrupt people, extends to t...
Isaiah 24:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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;"...
Isaiah 24:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2. All class distinctions are obliterated and confused.
Isaiah 24:1 - 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...
Isaiah 24:1 - 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...
Isaiah 24:1 - 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...
Isaiah 24:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Solemn judgments are here set forth, in a general way. Towards the close of the chapter, the subject brightens in the prospect of the coming of Christ.
Isaiah 24:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty ,.... Some, by the "earth", only understand the land of Israel or Judea, and interpret the prophecy of the captivity of the ten tribes by Shalmaneser, as Kimc...
Isaiah 24:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. Ver. 1. Behold the Lord emptieth. ] It must needs be a ma...
Isaiah 24:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , &c. According to Vitringa, the third book of Isaiah's prophecies begins with this chapter, and extends to the thirty-sixth, being divided into three discourses; the first comprehending...
Isaiah 24:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

General Desolation Announced. B. C. 718. 1 Behold, the L ORD maketh the earth empty, an...
Isaiah 24:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ISAIAH CHAPTER 24 Judgments on Judah for their defilements and transgressions, Isaiah 24:1-12 . A remnant shall praise God, Isaiah 24:13-15 . God, by his judgments on his people and their ene...
Isaiah 24:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In The Future That Is To Come There Will Be World-wide Devastation ( Isaiah 24:1-3 ). Here as on opening gambit is a picture of unrelieved worldwide desolation in which all will be involved. None...
Isaiah 24:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

maketh ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 1:2 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 4:23 ).
Isaiah 24:1 - 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, b...
Isaiah 24:1 - 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...
Isaiah 24:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION VI . GOD 'S GENERAL JUDGMENTS UPON THE EARTH (Isaiah 24-27.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 24:1-23 GOD 'S JUDGMENTS ON THE WORLD AT LARGE . From special denunciation...
Isaiah 24:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, depopulating it, taking away its inhabitants, and maketh it waste, by a final devastation, and turneth it upside down, changing its form and appearance,...
Isaiah 24:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 21:13 ; Acts 17:6 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Deuteronomy 32:26 ; Deuteronomy 4:27 ; Ezekiel 12:20 ; Ezekiel 24:11 ; Ezekiel 35:14 ; Ezekiel 5:14 ; Ezekiel 5:2 ; Ezekiel 6:6 ; Isaiah 1:...
Isaiah 24:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The land — Of Canaan. Waste — He will shortly make it waste, first by the Assyrians, and then by the Chaldeans. Turneth — Brings it into great disorder and confusion.

Isaiah 24:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 24:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 24:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 24:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 24:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 24:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 24:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 24:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Isaiah 24:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 24:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 24:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 24:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 24:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 24:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes