Isaiah · WEB-C
Isaiah
24
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Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. See also: Nahum 2:10Isaiah 2:19Isaiah 24:20It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest. See also: Hosea 4:9Ezekiel 7:12-13Lamentations 5:12-14The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word. See also: Isaiah 24:1Isaiah 6:11Isaiah 22:25The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish. See also: Hosea 4:3Isaiah 33:9Isaiah 3:26The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. See also: Hebrews 13:20Romans 8:20-21Daniel 7:25Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. See also: Malachi 4:1Matthew 7:14Zechariah 5:3-4The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. See also: Isaiah 16:10Isaiah 16:8Joel 1:10-12The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. See also: Hosea 2:11Revelation 18:22Ezekiel 26:13They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. See also: Ecclesiastes 9:7Isaiah 5:22Amos 8:10The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. See also: Revelation 18:2Revelation 17:5-6Isaiah 23:1There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone. See also: Hosea 7:14Isaiah 9:19Isaiah 24:7-9The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction. See also: Lamentations 5:18Lamentations 1:4Micah 1:12For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done. See also: Isaiah 1:9Romans 11:2-6Isaiah 6:13These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of the LORD. They cry aloud from the sea. See also: Isaiah 35:2Isaiah 25:1Isaiah 44:23Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea! See also: Malachi 1:11Isaiah 42:10Isaiah 42:4From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. See also: Isaiah 21:2Isaiah 33:1Jeremiah 3:20Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth. See also: Jeremiah 48:43-44Leviticus 26:21-221 Kings 19:17It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. See also: Genesis 7:11Psalms 18:7Amos 5:19The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently. See also: Isaiah 34:4-10Deuteronomy 11:6Jeremiah 4:23-28The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again. See also: Isaiah 19:14Daniel 11:19Isaiah 29:9It will happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. See also: Psalms 76:12Zechariah 14:12-19Isaiah 34:2-17They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited. See also: Zechariah 9:11Isaiah 42:22Jeremiah 38:6-13Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders. See also: Isaiah 60:19Isaiah 13:10Revelation 21:23
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)14 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Isaiah 24:1
Ver. 1. Earth. After the ten preceding threats, the prophet denounces destruction to the whole world, (W.) at the day of judgment; though he may also allude to the desolation of the promised land, as our Saviour joins both in the same prediction. Mat. xxiv. C.
↑ 1Isaiah 24:2
Ver. 2. Priest. All distinctions shall be disregarded. W. --- When Jerusalem was taken, all became captives.
↑ 2Isaiah 24:4
Ver. 4. Weakened: Joakim, &c. are made prisoners. The greatest monarchs must come before God's tribunal.
↑ 4Isaiah 24:6
Ver. 6. Sin. Towards the end of the world iniquity will abound, and men shall rage against each other. Mat. xxiv. W. --- They will also feel the effects of sin. ---
Mad: abandoned to their passions, (Deut. xxviii. 28.) excepting only the elect.
M. --- Few. The Chaldees permitted only a few of the poorest sort to remain. 2
Par. xxix. 10.
↑ 6Isaiah 24:9
Ver. 9. The drink. Heb. shecar, "palm wine."
↑ 9Isaiah 24:10
Ver. 10. Vanity. Jerusalem, (C.) or any other city, will be all in confusion. H. ---
In, as was the case in times of mourning. Jer. ix. 21. C.
↑ 10Isaiah 24:14
Ver. 14. Sea. The few elect (v. 13.) being rescued from the misery of the world, shall praise God.
H. --- They are exhorted to lift up their heads. Lu. xxi. 28. M.
↑ 14Isaiah 24:15
Ver. 15. Instruction. The Church is like an island, compared with the rest of the world; or it preaches the gospel to all nations, and to the islands, like Great Britain. W. --- Apostolic men are required to preach incessantly to all sorts of people. Heb. "in light;" or Pagn. "in vales." M.
↑ 15Isaiah 24:16
Ver. 16. I said. The prophet, or any other, may speak thus in the latter days. C.
--- Myself. I cannot recount what horrid pains I beheld. S. Jer. M. 2 Cor. xii. 4.
↑ 16Isaiah 24:17
Ver. 17. Snare. He alludes to the methods of taking wild beasts. Job xviii. 11. ---
Opened, as they were in the days of Noe. C. --- All sorts of misery hang over us.
↑ 17Isaiah 24:20
Ver. 20. Night, unexpectedly, (H.) and with the utmost speed. C.
↑ 20Isaiah 24:21
Ver. 21. High. The stars, which in many places of the Scripture are so called.
Some commentators explain that these words here signify the demons of the air. Ch. --- The apostate angels will be judged. 1 Cor. vi. 6. Mat. xxiv. 29.
↑ 21Isaiah 24:22
Ver. 22. Visited. Hence Origen (Prin. iii. 6. &c.) took occasion to assert, that the damned would one day be released, though the Scripture so often declares the contrary. The prophet speaks of the future liberation of the Jews; (C.) or he intimates that after many days, yea throughout eternity, the reprobate will still be punished. M.
↑ 22Isaiah 24:23
Ver. 23. Blush: he turned into blood. Joel ii. 10. Dreadful calamities shall ensue, to usher in the great day of judgment. C.
↑ 23License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses