Isaiah 24

Isaiah 24:1

THe earth emptie] The lands, against which he had before prophecied, from Chap. 13. this being as the conclusion of all before going from thence.

earth] Or, land.

waste] Emptie of inhabitants; and voyd of all those commodities that formerly it either was furnished with, or afforded.

turneth it upside down] Heb. perverteth the face thereof.

Isaiah 24:2

as with the people] There shall be a generall confusion; no order in Church or State. Chap. 3. 5. Or, all estates and conditions shall fare alike, be alike plagued. Chap. 2. 9. and 5. 15. Hosea 4:9.

priest] Or, prince. Genesis 41:50. 2 Samuel 8:18. & 2 Samuel 20:25.

Isaiah 24:3

utterly emptied &c.] Heb. emptying emptied. and, spoiling spoiled.

emptied] Chap. 19. 3.

spoiled] Chap. 10. 6. & 17. 14.

for the LORD hath spoken] Chap. 21. 17.

Isaiah 24:4

mourneth] Chap. 3. 27. & 19. 8.

fadeth away] Chap. 1. 30.

languisheth] Chap. 16. 8. & 19. 8.

the haughty people] Heb. the height of the people. Chap. 3. 25.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth] Or, Even this land also is profaned by thee.

earth also] Even this land of Judah, that should have een an holy land, and have kept it self pure from those abominations wherewith the heathen are defiled. Chap. 1. 21. Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 3:8.

defiled] Either with the gore bloud and carcasses of men slain and sacrificed. Psalms 106:38. or, with the impietie and wickednesse of those that live in it. Leviticus 18:27. Numbers 35:33. Jeremiah 3:1-2.

laws] Morall and civill. 2 Chronicles 33:8.

ordinance] Gods sacred rites, and ordinances. Nehem. 9. 14.

everlasting] Heb. covenant of eternitie. Chap. 55. 3.

covenant] Which by Abraham God made with them. Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:9. and by Moses renewed. Exodus 24:8. Deut. 29 12.

Isaiah 24:6

the curse] The curse of God, Jeremiah 23:10. denounced in the book of the law. Lev. 26. 14. Deut. 28. 16, &c. and 29. 20.

earth] Or, land. vers. 13.

burned] Burnt up with heat and drought. or, consumed with the fire of Gods wrath. Chap. 9. 18. and 10. 16.

few men left] Chap. 4. 1. & 10. 19. & 13. 12.

Isaiah 24:7

new wine] Or, sweet. Chap. 49. 26.

mourneth] Being powred out by the enemy.

languisheth] Being troden down. Chap. 16. 8. Amos 5:17.

sigh] Because the means and matter of their mirth are gone. vers. 8. 12.

Isaiah 24:8

of tabrets ceaseth.] Chap. 5. 12. & 16. 10. Jeremiah 7:34. & Jeremiah 16:9. & Jeremiah 25:10. Ezekiel 26:13. Hosea 2:11.

of them that rejoyce] Or, of the revellers, (Chap. 22. 2.) is at an end.

Isaiah 24:9

drink wine] They shall not revell it, as they had wont; they shall take little pleasure in any strong drink, by reason of the calamities and distractions of the times.

Isaiah 24:10

city of confusion] Either Jerusalem; or any of them, whose desolation is here denounced. Chap. 27. 10.

shut up] To keep out the enemy. Chap. 26. 20. John 20:29.

Isaiah 24:11

darkened] Chap. 8. 22. and 9. 19. Amos 8. 9, 10.

is gone] Because it was abused, when they had it. Deuteronomy 28:47-48.

Isaiah 24:13

it shall be] When the Lord shall have executed the judgements above-mentioned. Chap. 10. 12.

in the midst of the land] Or, in the land. Chap. 7. 22.

among the people] Heb. in the midst of. as Jeremiah 40:5.

as the shaking] A very small number shall be left: that God may have a people to praise him. Chap. 1. 9. and 6. 13. and 7. 3. & 10. 21, 22. Jeremiah 3:14.

of an olive-tree] Chap. 17. 6.

Isaiah 24:14

from the sea] From the utmost parts of the world; or the land. Psalms 72:8. or, from the islands and sea coasts, whither they had been carryed captive. Chap. 26. 15.

Isaiah 24:15

in the fires] In the midst of your tribulations. Chap. 48. 10. 1 Peter 4. 12. or, in the valleys and plains, where grasse and herbs grow. Chap. 18. 4. and 26. 19. and the rivers run. Psalms 104:10.

fires] Or, valleys.

Isaiah 24:16

uttermost part] Heb. wing. Chap. 11. 12.

to the righteous] To God; Psalms 11:7. and Psalms 129:4. who will manifest his righteousnesse, as by execution of justice, so by the vocation of the Gentiles according to his promise. Chap. 1. 27.

My leannesse] Heb. Leannesse to me. (Chap. 10. 16.) or, My secret to me.

my leannesse] I am even consumed, with grief and thought, for the wickednesse and perfidiousnesse of my people. Psalms 69:9. & Psalms 119:139.

have dealt very treacherously] Heb. dealing treacherously have dealt treacherously Jeremiah 5:11.

Isaiah 24:17

Fear] Jeremiah 48:43.

Isaiah 24:18

he who fleeth] The inevitablenesse of Gods judgements; which shall every where overtake them. Amos 5:19. & 9. 2, 3.

fleeth] Proverbs 29:25.

the windows] Gods vengeance shall be as well over them, as under them: as it was in Noahs floud. Genesis 7:11. so that there shall be no means of escape. So Genesis 19:24. Psalms 11:6. Chap. 13. 13. Romans 1:18. See the contrary, Malachi 3:10.

Isaiah 24:19

utterly broken down] Heb. breaking in peeces broken in peeces. Psalms 2:9. Proverbs 11:15.

clean dissolved &c.] Heb. dissolving dissolved. and, moving moved.

Isaiah 24:20

reel] Heb. reeling reel.

like a drunkard] Psalms 107:27. Chap. 19. 14. Jeremiah 23:9.

like a cottage] Chap. 38. 12.

heavy upon it] In the punishment thereof. Psalms 38:4. Ezekiel 33:10.

it shall fall] Jeremiah 25:27. and Jeremiah 51:64.

rise again] Heb. adde to rise. Amos 5:2.

Isaiah 24:21

punish] Heb. visite upon. Chap. 26. 14.

of the high ones] No power so high or mightie, but that God will visite with his plagues: the greatest shall smart as well as the meanest. vers. 2. Or, God will visite as well the heavenly hoast, his Church, as the world and the princes of it. Lamentations 2:1. Daniel 8:10. Revelation 12:1; Revelation 12:7.

the high ones] Or, on high. Chap. 34. 4.

Isaiah 24:22

as prisoners] Heb. with the gathering of prisoners. as Chap. 10. 26. & 27. 7. & 62. 5.

are gathered] They shall be kept in, and kept under, by Gods almightie power, as fast shut up in a prison, untill the time of their releasement come. Zechariah 9:11-12. Chap. 27. 13.

pit] Or, dungeon Jeremiah 37:16.

visited] Or, found wanting. Numbers 31:49.

visited] Not in judgement; but in grace and mercy; by the ministery of the Gospel. Jeremiah 27:22. Luke 1:79. & Luke 4:18.

Isaiah 24:23

the moon] The light of the moon and sunne shall not be comparable to the glory of God, that shall shine in his Church and the ministery thereof under the Gospel. Chap. 30. 26. 2 Cor. 3. 7-11, 18. & 4. 4, 6.

moon] Chap. 13. 10. Ezekiel 32:7. Joel 2. 31. & 3. 15.

before his ancients] Or, there shall be glory before his ancients.