Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate - (Isaiah 65:13-14). "The whole earth" refers to Judea, and the nations that submit themselves to Judea's God; when these rejoice, the foes of God and His people, represented by Edom as a nation, shall be desolate. Things shall be completely reversed; Israel, that now for a time mourns, shall then rejoice, and that forever. Edom, that now rejoices over fallen Israel, shall then, when elsewhere all is joy, mourn, and forever (Isaiah 65:17-19, "Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy;" Matthew 5:4; Luke 6:25). Havernick loses this striking antithesis by translating, 'According to the joy of the whole land (of Edom), so I will make thee desolate;' which would make the next verse a mere repetition of this.