Isaiah 24:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughtyc people of the earth do languish. ”

Isaiah 24:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 24:4 - 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 24:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 pl...
Isaiah 24:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 24:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The world languisheth - The world is the same with the land; that is, the k...
Isaiah 24:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Isaiah 24:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 Go...
Isaiah 24:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2. All class distinctions are obliterated and confused.
Isaiah 24:4 - 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 24:4 - 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 24:4 - 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 24:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Isaiah 24:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 mercha...
Isaiah 24:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, wail...
Isaiah 24:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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;...
Isaiah 24:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

General Desolation Announced. B. C. 718. 1 Behold, the L ORD maketh the earth empty, an...
Isaiah 24:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 prophec...
Isaiah 24:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Eventually The Curse will Result In Blessing For God's Own People ( Isaiah 24:4-15 ). The reason for the coming judgment is clearly stated. It will occur because of man's disobedience to God. That...
Isaiah 24:4 - 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 24:4 - 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 24:4 - 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 24:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 t...
Isaiah 24:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 4:3 ; Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 2:12 ; Isaiah 28:1 ; Isaiah 3:26 ; Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 64:6 ; Jeremiah 12:4 ; Jeremiah 4:28
Isaiah 24:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The world — The land of Judea. The majesty — Not only common people, but the high and lofty ones.

Isaiah 24:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 24:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 24:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 24:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 24:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 24:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 24:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 24:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 24:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 24:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 24:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 24:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 24:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes