Chapter 24:
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Isaiah 24
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The desolation of the land. (1-12) A few shall be
preserved. (13-15) God's kingdom advanced by his judgments. (16-23)
Verses 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 which attend all things here below. Sin has turned
the earth upside down; the earth is become quite different to man, from what it
was when God first made it to be his habitation. It is, at the best, like a
flower, which withers in the hands of those that please themselves with it, and
lay it in their bosoms. The world we live in is a world of disappointment, a
vale of tears; the children of men in it are but of few days, and full of
trouble, See the power of God's curse, how it makes all empty, and lays waste
all ranks and conditions. Sin brings these calamities upon the earth; it is
polluted by the sins of men, therefore it is made desolate by God's judgments.
Carnal joy will soon be at end, and the end of it is heaviness. God has many
ways to imbitter wine and strong drink to those who love them; distemper of
body, anguish of mind, and the ruin of the estate, will make strong drink
bitter, and the delights of sense tasteless. Let men learn to mourn for sin, and
rejoice in God; then no man, no event, can take their joy from them.
Verses 13-15
There shall be a remnant preserved from the general ruin, and it shall be a
devout and pious remnant. These few are dispersed; like the gleanings of the
olive tree, hid under the leaves. The Lord knows those that are his; the world
does not. When the mirth of carnal worldlings ceases, the joy of the saints is
as lively as ever, because the covenant of grace, the fountain of their
comforts, and the foundation of their hopes, never fails. Those who rejoice in
the Lord can rejoice in tribulation, and by faith may triumph when all about
them are in tears. They encourage their fellow-sufferers to do likewise, even
those who are in the furnace of affliction. Or, in the valleys, low, dark, miry
places. In every fire, even the hottest, in every place, even the remotest, let
us keep up our good thoughts of God. If none of these trials move us, then we
glorify the Lord in the fires.
Verses 16-23
Believers may be driven into the uttermost parts of the earth; but they are
singing, not sighing. Here is terror to sinners; the prophet laments the
miseries he saw breaking in like a torrent; and the small number of believers.
He foresees that sin would abound. The meaning is plain, that evil pursues
sinners. Unsteady, uncertain are all these things. Worldly men think to dwell in
the earth as in a palace, as in a castle; but it shall be removed like a
cottage, like a lodge put up for the night. It shall fall and not rise again;
but there shall be new heavens and a new earth, in which shall dwell nothing but
righteousness. Sin is a burden to the whole creation; it is a heavy burden,
under which it groans now, and will sink at last. The high ones, that are puffed
up with their grandeur, that think themselves out of the reach of danger, God
will visit for their pride and cruelty. Let us judge nothing before the time,
though some shall be visited. None in this world should be secure, though their
condition be ever so prosperous; nor need any despair, though their condition be
ever so deplorable. God will be glorified in all this. But the mystery of
Providence is not yet finished. The ruin of the Redeemer's enemies must make way
for his kingdom, and then the Sun of Righteousness will appear in full glory.
Happy are those who take warning by the sentence against others; every
impenitent sinner will sink under his transgression, and rise no more, while
believers enjoy everlasting bliss.
Chapter 24:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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