These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea. Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea! From 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.
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These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
From 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.
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They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
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Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; for the majesty of the LORD they shout from the sea:
'Therefore glorify ye the LORD in the regions of light, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.'
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: 'Glory to the righteous.' But I say: I waste away, I waste away, woe is me! The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.
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- Isaiah 21:2 (v16) A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have…
- Isaiah 33:1 (v16) Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be…
- Malachi 1:11 (v15) For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my…
- Isaiah 42:4 (v15) He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
- Isaiah 42:10 (v15) Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and…
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- Jeremiah 3:20 (v16) “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 5:11 (v16) For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says Yahweh.
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- Psalms 2:8 (v16) Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
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- Psalms 58:10 (v16) The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
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- Psalms 106:15 (v16) He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
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- Isaiah 11:11-12 (v15) It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from…
- Isaiah 12:1-6 (v14) In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort…
- Isaiah 17:4 (v16) “It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
- Isaiah 25:1 (v14) Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete…
- Isaiah 25:3 (v15) Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
- Isaiah 26:1 (v14) In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
- Isaiah 26:15 (v16) You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
- Isaiah 27:2 (v14) In that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard!
- Isaiah 28:5 (v16) In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the residue of his people,
- Isaiah 35:2 (v14) It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and…
- Isaiah 35:10 (v14) Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain…
- Isaiah 40:9 (v14) You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it…
- Isaiah 41:5 (v15) The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
- Isaiah 44:23 (v14) Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of…
- Isaiah 45:22-25 (v16) “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of…
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- Isaiah 51:11 (v14) Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and…
- Isaiah 52:7-9 (v14) How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims…
- Isaiah 52:10 (v16) Yahweh has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 54:1 (v14) “Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child: for more are the…
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- Isaiah 66:19 (v15) “I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to…
- Isaiah 66:19-20 (v16) “I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to…
- Jeremiah 12:6 (v16) For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you!…
- Jeremiah 30:19 (v14) Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also…
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- Jeremiah 33:11 (v14) the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give…
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- Hosea 6:7 (v16) But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
- Micah 5:4 (v16) He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he…
- Habakkuk 1:3 (v16) Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
- Habakkuk 3:17-18 (v15) For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are…
- Zephaniah 2:11 (v15) Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the…
- Zephaniah 3:14-20 (v14) Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem. Yahweh has taken away your…
- Zechariah 2:10 (v14) Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh.
- Zechariah 10:9-12 (v15) I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return. I…
- Zechariah 13:8-9 (v15) It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it. I will…
- Mark 13:27 (v16) Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of…
- Acts 13:47 (v16) For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost…
- Acts 16:25 (v15) But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
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- 1 Peter 3:15 (v15) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is…
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- Revelation 15:2-4 (v15) I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on…
- Revelation 15:3 (v16) They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the…
- Revelation 16:5-7 (v16) I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things. For…
- Revelation 19:1-6 (v16) After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory…
- Isaiah 42:10-12 (v14) Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv14, 16 From the utmost coasts of the world, where the…
From the utmost coasts of the world, where the Gospel shall be preached, as verse 16.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14–16 Isa 24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they…
Isa 24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
Ver. 14. They shall lift up their voice, &c.] Laudabunt Deum et laetabuntur: this elect remnant in all countries shall be filled with spiritual joy and peace through the belief of the truth, which shall vent itself by singing praises to God. And here we have the very mark of the true Church, which is to celebrate and profess the great and glorious name of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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For the majesty of the Lord.] Or, For the magnificence; that great work of his especially of divulging his gospel all the world over, and thereby gathering his Church out of all nations.
They shall cry aloud from the sea,] i.e., From the islands and transmarine parts, as we do now from Great Britain - "thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift" - calling to our neighbour nations, and saying,
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv14–16 They; the remnant preserved.
They; the remnant preserved.
For the majesty of the Lord; for his glorious power and goodness manifested in their deliverance.
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They shall cry aloud, in way of exultation and thanksgiving to God.
From the sea; from the isles of the sea, as this is explained in the next verse; from those parts beyond the sea, into which they were carried captive, and in which they were miraculously preserved.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v16 These verses, as those before, plainly speak,
These verses, as those before, plainly speak,
I. Comfort to saints. They may be driven, by the common calamities of the places where they live, into the uttermost parts of the earth, or perhaps they are forced thither for their religion; but there they are singing, not sighing. Thence have we heard songs, and it is a comfort to us to hear them, to hear that good people carry their religion along with them even to the most distant regions, to hear that God visits them there and gives encouragement to hope that he will gather them thence, Deu 30:4. And this is their song, even glory to the righteous: the word is singular, and may refer to the righteous God, who is just in all he has brought upon us. This is glorifying the Lord in the fires. Or the meaning may be, "These songs redound to the glory or beauty of the righteous that sing them." We do the greatest honour imaginable to ourselves when we employ ourselves in honouring and glorifying God. This may have reference to the sending of the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth, as far as this island of ours, in the days of the Messiah, the glad tidings of which are echoed back in songs heard thence, from churches planted there, even glory to the righteous God, agreeing with the angels' song, Glory be to God in the highest, and glory to all righteous men; for the work of redemption was ordained before the world for our glory.
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II. Terror to sinners. The prophet, having comforted himself and others with the prospect of a saved remnant, returns to lament the miseries he saw breaking in like a mighty torrent upon the earth: "But I said, My leanness! my leanness! woe unto me! The very thought of it frets me, and makes me lean," Isa 24:16. He foresees,
1. The prevalency of sin, that iniquity should abound (Isa 24:16): The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; this is itself a judgment, and that which provokes God to bring other judgments. (1.) Men are false to one another; there is no faith in man, but a universal dishonesty. Truth, that sacred bond of society, has departed, and there is nothing but treachery in men's dealings. See Jer 9:1, Jer 9:2. (2.) They are all false to their God; as to him, and their covenant with him, the children of men are all treacherous dealers, and have dealt very treacherously with their God, in departing from their allegiance to him. This is the original, and this the aggravation, of the sin of the world; and, when men have been false to their God, how should they be true to any other?
2. The prevalency of wrath and judgment for that sin. (2.) The inhabitants of the earth will be pursued from time to time, from place to place, by one mischief or other (Isa 24:17, Isa 24:18): Fear, and the pit, and the snare (fear of the pit and the snare) are upon them wherever they are; for the sons of men know not what evil they may suddenly be snared in, Ecc 9:12. These three words seem to be chosen for the sake of an elegant paranomasia, or, as we now scornfully call it, a jungle of words: Pachad, and Pachath, and Pach; but the meaning is plain (Isa 24:18), that evil pursues sinners (Pro 13:21), that the curse shall overtake the disobedient (Deu 28:15), that those who are secure because they have escaped one judgment know not how soon another may arrest them. What this prophet threatens all the inhabitants of the earth with another makes part of the judgment of Moab, Jer 48:43, Jer 48:44. But it is a common instance of the calamitous state of human life that when we seek to avoid one mischief we fall into a worse, and that the end of one trouble is often the beginning of another; so that we are least safe when we are most secure. (2.) The earth itself will be shaken to pieces. It will be literally so at last, when all the works therein shall be burnt up; and it is often figuratively so before that period. The windows from on high are open to pour down wrath, as in the universal deluge. Upon the wicked God shall rain snares (Psa 11:6); and, the fountains of the great deep being broken up, the foundations of the earth do shake of course, the frame of nature is unhinged, and all is in confusion. See how elegantly this is expressed (Isa 24:19, Isa 24:20): The earth is utterly broken down; it is clean dissolved; it is moved exceedingly, moved out of its place. God shakes heaven and earth, Hag 2:6. See the misery of those who lay up their treasure in the things of the earth and mind those things; they place their confidence in that which will shortly be utterly broken down and dissolved. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard; so unsteady, so uncertain, are all the motions of these things. Worldly men dwell in it as in a palace, as in a castle, as in an impregnable tower; but it shall be removed like a cottage, so easily, so suddenly, and with so little loss to the great landlord. The pulling down of the earth will be but like the pulling down of a cottage, which the country is willing to be rid of, because it does but harbour beggars; and therefore no care is taken to rebuild it: It shall fall, and not rise again; but there shall be new heavens and a new earth, in which shall dwell nothing but righteousness. But what is it that shakes the earth thus and sinks it? It is the transgression thereof that shall be heavy upon it. Note, Sin is a burden to the whole creation; it is a heavy burden, a burden under which it groans now and will sink at last. Sin is the ruin of states, and kingdoms, and families; they fall under the weight of that talent of lead, Zac 5:7, Zac 5:8. (3.) God will have a particular controversy with the kings and great men of the earth (Isa 24:21): He will punish the host of the high ones. Hosts of princes are no more before God than hosts of common men; what can a host of high ones do with their combined force when the Most High, the Lord of hosts, contends with them to abase their height, and scatter their hosts, and break all their confederacies? The high ones, that are on high, that are puffed up with their height and grandeur, that think themselves so high that they are out of the reach of any danger, God will visit upon them all their pride and cruelty, with which they have oppressed and injured their neighbours and subjects, and it shall now return upon their own heads. The kings of the earth shall now be reckoned with upon the earth, to show that verily there is a God that judges in the earth and will render to the proudest of kings according to the fruit of their doings. Let those that are trampled upon by the high ones of the earth comfort themselves with this, that though they cannot, dare not, must not, resist them, yet there is a God that will call them to an account, that will triumph over them upon their own dunghill: for the earth they are kings of is in the eye of God no better. This is general only. It is particularly foretold (Isa 24:22) that they shall be gathered together as prisoners, convicted condemned prisoners, are gathered in the pit, or dungeon, and there they shall be shut up under close confinement. The kings and high ones, who took all possible liberty themselves, and took a pride and pleasure in shutting up others, shall now be themselves shut up. Let not the free man glory in his freedom, any more than the strong man in his strength, for he knows not what restraints he is reserved for. But after many days they shall be visited, either, [1.] They shall be visited in wrath; it is the same word, in another form, that is used (Isa 24:21), the Lord shall punish them; they shall be reserved to the day of execution, as condemned prisoners are, and as fallen angels are reserved in chains of darkness to the judgment of the great day, Jde 1:6. Let this account for the delays of divine vengeance; sentence is not executed speedily, because execution-day has not yet come, and perhaps will not come till after many days; but it is certain that the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction, and is therefore preserved in the mean time, but shall be brought forth to the day of wrath, Job 21:30. Let us therefore judge nothing before the time. [2.] They shall be visited in mercy, and be discharged from their imprisonment, and shall again obtain, if not their dignity, yet their liberty. Nebuchadnezzar, in his conquests, made many kings and princes his captives, and kept them in the dungeon in Babylon, and, among the rest, Jehoiachin King of Judah; but after many days, when Nebuchadnezzar's head was laid, his son visited them, and granted (as should seem) some reviving to them all in their bondage; for it is made an instance of his particular kindness to Jehoiachin that he set his throne above the throne of the rest of the kings that were with him, Jer 52:32. If we apply this to the general state of mankind, it imports a revolution of conditions; those that were high are punished, those that were punished are relieved, after many days, that none in this world may be secure though their condition be ever so prosperous, nor any despair though their condition be ever so deplorable.
3. Glory to God in all this, Isa 24:23. When all this comes to pass, when the proud enemies of God's church are humbled and brought down, (1.) Then it shall appear, beyond contradiction, that the Lord reigns, which is always true, but not always alike evident. When the kings of the earth are punished for their tyranny and oppression, then it is proclaimed and proved to all the world that God is King of kings - King above them, by whom they are accountable - that he reigns as Lord of hosts, of all hosts, of their hosts, - that he reigns in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, in his church, for the honour and welfare of that, pursuant to the promises on which that is founded, reigns in his word and ordinances, - that he reigns before his ancients, before all his saints, especially before his ministers, the elders of his church, who have their eye upon all the out-goings of his power and providence, and, in all these events, observe his hand. God's ancients, the old disciples, the experienced Christians, that have often, when they have been perplexed, gone into the sanctuary of God in Zion and Jerusalem, and acquainted themselves with his manifestations of himself there, shall see more than others of God's dominion and sovereignty in these operations of his providence. (2.) Then it shall appear, beyond comparison, that he reigns gloriously, in such brightness and lustre that the moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, as the smaller lights are eclipsed and extinguished by the greater. Great men, who thought themselves to have as bright a lustre and as vast a dominion as the sun and moon, shall be ashamed when God appears above them, much more when he appears against them. Then shall their faces be filled with shame, that they may seek God's name. The eastern nations worshipped the sun and moon; but, when God shall appear so gloriously for his people against his and their enemies, all these pretended deities shall be ashamed that ever they received the homage of their deluded worshippers. The glory of the Creator infinitely outshines the glory of the brightest creatures. In the great day, when the Judge of heaven and earth shall shine forth in his glory, the sun shall by his transcendent lustre be turned into darkness and the moon into blood.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–16 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing,....…
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing,.... That is, as the Septuagint version adds,
"they that are left upon the earth;''
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these shall lift up their voice, in singing the praises of God, for his judgments on Babylon, and avenging the blood of his saints; and for their deliverance and salvation, and the inestimable blessings they are now put into the possession of; these are they, who, having gotten the victory over the beast and his image, sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, Rev 15:2,
for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea: so the Hebrew accents distinguish these clauses; and the sense is, that from the west, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it, from the western nations, where Protestantism chiefly prevails; or from the Mediterranean Sea, which lay west of Judea; from the maritime countries, the countries bordering upon it, where at this time will appear many that will embrace the Gospel of Christ; or from the isles of the sea, as the phrase is explained in the next verse Isa 24:15, such as our isles of Great Britain and Ireland; great acclamations will be made unto the Lord, on account of his glorious majesty, seen in the destruction of antichrist, and in setting up his own kingdom and glory: these are the four and twenty elders, who will fall down, and give thanks to Christ, for taking to himself his great power, and reigning; and these triumphant and victorious persons are represented as standing on a sea, while they make their shouts and hallelujahs; see Rev 11:16 this, with what follows in the two next verses Isa 24:15, belong to the Philadelphian church state, or spiritual reign of Christ, and express the light and joy that will attend that.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv15–16 In distress - When you are in the furnace…
In distress - When you are in the furnace of affliction. In the isles - In remote countries, beyond the sea, which in scripture are commonly called isles.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv14–16 Verse 14. They shall lift up their voice -…
Verse 14. They shall lift up their voice - "But these shall lift up their voice"] That is, they that escaped out of these calamities. The great distresses brought upon Israel and Judah drove the people away, and dispersed them all over the neighbouring countries: they fled to Egypt, to Asia Minor, to the islands and the coasts of Greece. They were to be found in great numbers in most of the principal cities of these countries. Alexandria was in a great measure peopled by them. They had synagogues for their worship in many places, and were greatly instrumental in propagating the knowledge of the true God among these heathen nations, and preparing them for the reception of Christianity. This is what the prophet seems to mean by the celebration of the name of JEHOVAH in the waters, in the distant coasts, and in the uttermost parts of the land. מים mayim, the waters; υδωρ, Sept.; υδατα, Theod.; not מים miyam from the sea.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv15–16 Isa 24:15. Wherefore glorify ye the Lord — These…
Isa 24:15. Wherefore glorify ye the Lord — These seem to be the words of the prophet directing and exciting God’s people to glorify him in their afflictions, because of that deliverance which he had promised, and would assuredly grant them; in the fires — When you are in the furnace of affliction. But, as the word בארים, here translated, in the fires, is not used elsewhere in Scripture, in this sense, others render it, in the valleys; and others again, in the holes, or caves: as if he had said, Glorify ye the Lord, who are forced to hide yourselves in secret places. Possibly, however, the word may be better rendered, for lights, or illuminations, which may be understood, either of the light of the truth which God would reveal to them, or of the comfort which God would confer upon them, light being frequently taken in both senses in Scripture. For this Hebrew word, in all other places of Scripture where it is found, signifies the Urim, which was in the high-priest’s breast-plate, and which properly signifies lights or illuminations, as both Jews and Christians understand it: see note on Exo 28:30. Add to this, that this part of the prophecy seems to concern the days of the gospel, and that light which the Jews should then receive by the Messiah, of whom the high-priest, with his ephod and urim, was a type. Thus understood, this is an exhortation to the converted Jews to bless God for the true Urim, even for Christ and the gospel. The name of the Lord in the isles of the sea — In remote countries beyond the sea, which in Scripture are commonly called isles. It is a just observation of Mr. Scott, that “the chief accomplishment of this prophecy seems to have been after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. At that season there was a small company like the gleanings of the vine, or of the olive, which had embraced Christianity; and wherever they were dispersed among the nations, and in the isles of the sea, they lifted up their voice in songs of praise, while they beheld the majesty of God displayed in accomplishing these predictions; and mingled thanksgivings with their fervent prayers; nay, they excited one another to glorify God in the fiery trial of persecution, and though banished to the remotest regions. The destruction of Jerusalem was exceedingly conducive to the establishment of the Christian Church; and, in this respect, was the subject of joy and praise to the primitive Christians.”
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv14–16 They shall lift up their voice - They who…
They shall lift up their voice - They who are left in the land; or who are not carried away to Babylon. ‘To lift up the voice’ in the Scriptures may denote either grief or joy; compare Gen 21:6; 1Sa 24:16; Jdg 2:4; Rth 1:9, ..., where to lift up the voice is conected with weeping; and Eze 21:22; Psa 93:3; Isa 40:29; Isa 42:11, etc., where it is connected with exultation and joy. The latter is evidently the idea here, that the few who would escape from captivity by fleeing to neighboring countries, would lift up their voice with exultation that they had escaped.
They shall sing for the majesty of the Lord - They shall sing on account of the glory, or goodness of Yahweh, wire had so mercifully kept and preserved them.
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They shall cry aloud from the sea - From the isles and coasts of the Mediterranean where they would have escaped, and where they would find a refuge. No doubt many of the inhabitants adjacent to the sea, when they found the land invaded, would betake themselves to the neighboring islands, and find safety there until the danger should be overpast. Lowth renders this,
‘The waters shall resound with the exaltation of Jehovah,’
Where he supposes מים should be rendered as if pointed מים mayâm ‘waters,’ not as it is in the present Hebrew text, מים miyâm ‘from the sea.’ The sense is not materially different; but there seems to be no good reason for departing from the usual interpretation.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv14–16 Sea. The few elect (ver. 13.) being rescued from…
Sea. The few elect (ver. 13.) being rescued from the misery of the world, shall praise God. (Haydock) --- They are exhorted to lift up their heads, Luke xxi. 28. (Menochius)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv14–16 They--those who are left: the remnant.
They--those who are left: the remnant.
sing for the majesty of the Lord--sing a thanksgiving for the goodness of the Lord, who has so mercifully preserved them.
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from the sea--from the distant lands beyond the sea, whither they have escaped.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv14–16 14. They shall lift up their voice — Here…
14. They shall lift up their voice — Here is another of Isaiah’s lightning-like transitions. The humble gleaned ones — the remnant — the returned escaped ones, of Isa_24:13 — the representatives of all the delivered faithful ones of Israel — the sifted and purified Church of Jehovah.
They — In the original the pronoun is locatively emphatic, designating the righteous few as a special class.
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They shall sing — Shall celebrate by loud acclamation.
The majesty of the Lord — In overpowering oppressors, and in bringing deliverance to the meek and true children of God — “the remnant.”
They shall cry aloud — This verb is what in Hebrew is called the preterite present. The people have shouted aloud, and do still, as a habit. The verbs preceding this are in the future present: They, from this time on, shall cry, as a habit also.
Cry aloud from the sea — Which may mean for deliverances from the sea, or, more than the sea; that is, than at the sea, namely, the Red Sea, under Miriam:
see Exodus chap. 15; or, from the direction of the sea, that is, from the west. This last is to be preferred, as will be seen from the next verse.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–16 14. They shall lift up their voice] Rather: These…
14. They shall lift up their voice] Rather: These lift up their voice. The pronoun at the beginning is emphatic and stands in contrast to the “I” of Isa_24:16.
they shall sing, for the majesty …] Better (following the accents) they shout: for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud, &c. The last words from the sea (i.e. the Mediterranean) point to the West as the quarter whence the songs of triumph proceed. Cf. “in the coasts,” Isa_24:15.
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14–16. Already, indeed, the prophet can hear songs of praise ascending from distant parts of the earth, hailing the dawn of a better day; but he himself cannot share these enthusiastic hopes. It is not likely that this representation is purely ideal. Events must have occurred which excited the premature expectation of an immediate deliverance. It is difficult to conceive the historical situation which is presupposed. The most natural supposition will be that the singers referred to are Israelites of the Dispersion, who follow with sympathetic interest the development of some great crisis in the fortunes of the people of God, but whose vision is unable to perceive the darker signs of the times which are manifest to the prophet. A more exact determination of the circumstances must depend on the date which is found best to harmonise all the indications of the prophecy.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–16 (14) They shall cry aloud from the sea .…
(14) They shall cry aloud from the sea . . .—The utterers of the praise are obviously the remnant of the saved, whether of the “Jews of the dispersion,” or of the Gentiles. To them there appears in the midst of the desolation, the vision of the glory of the Lord, and far off, from the sea (the Mediterranean, as the great sea of the ancient world) they raise their song of praise.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv14–16 They shall lift up their voice. Even in this…
They shall lift up their voice. Even in this time of depression and ruin there shall he a "remnant," which will be faithful to God, and which, from the midst of the sufferings and calamities of the period, will "lift up its voice," in songs of adoration and praise, to Jehovah, and sing, or "send forth a cry." This chorus of praise will go forth to a large extentfrom the sea; i.e. from the Mediterranean.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires
Isa_24:15
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires
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Glorifying the Lord in the fires
The suffering child of God will glorify Him in the fires--
I.
BY ACKNOWLEDGING HIS POWER. The same Almighty One who fed Elijah, in the terrible days of dearth, and who delivered Daniel from the power of the lions, still watches over and provides for His people.
II. BY RECOGNISING HIS WISDOM. He knows (as no short-sighted mortal can) when it is safe for us to enjoy prosperity, and when it is needful for our souls health to endure disappointment and trouble.
III. BY A FRANK ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS GOODNESS. If Our Heavenly Father had ceased to feel an interest in our welfare, He would not have employed the means to do us good. (J. N. Norton.)
I. WHO ARE EXPECTED TO GLORIFY THE LORD.
1. to glorify is exemplified in 1Ch_29:10-18. Then the wicked cannot do that (Job_20:5).
2. But the Church triumphant does (Rev_7:11-12).
3. And the Church militant ought to have this one aim. Let us take as an example, St. Paul (Php_3:10-14).
The Lord glorified by His suffering people
II. WHAT THE FIRES ARE IN WHICH WE GLORIFY GOD.
1. Determined self-humiliation, etc.; duties unpleasant, but religious.
2. Personal troubles are often perplexing. Faith is given, not to annihilate these, but to endure them.
3. Others trials.
4. Our bodily afflictions.
5. Amongst the hottest fires are fiery darts. Paul was thus tried.
6. Enmity against our beloved Church. Foes within and without.
7. Fear of death.
III. BUT ONE IS EVER PRESENT IN THE FIRES.
1. In them once, alone.
2. Leads others safely through.
IV. THE FIRES ARE BURNING BY GODS PERMISSION. Like powerful remedies of surgeon or physician.
1. To manifest His chosen.
2. To purify.
3. To strengthen. Opposition invigorates. (W. W. Tyler.)
How to honour God in trouble
Whether ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. What an extensive admonition is this! And yet even this does not include the whole of Gods claim upon us. We are required to honour Him, not only in all we do, but in all we suffer.
I. THE STATE HERE SUPPOSED. In the fires. Stripped of metaphor, the passage supposes a state of suffering. In this state we may be found--
1. As men. Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
2. As Christians. Many are the afflictions of the righteous.
II. THE DUTY HERE ENJOINED. Glorify ye the Lord in the fires. The glory of God is essential or declarative. We cannot add to the former. But, the heavens declare the glory of God. All His works praise Him. How? By the impressions and displays of His perfections; by showing us what He is, and what He deserves. Thus, Christians are appointed to show forth the praises--virtues--excellences--of Him who hath called them, etc.; which is done by their language and their lives. Hence, we glorify God in our afflictions when we verbally and practically acknowledge--
1. His agency.
2. His rectitude. He is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works.
3. His wisdom.
4. His goodness.
5. His power.
III. THE REASONS.
1. Because you have the finest opportunity. The scene naturally awakens attention. Nothing is so impressive as the graces of a
Christian in trouble.
2. The obligations you are under to the blessed God.
3. Hope should influence you. Verily there is a reward for the righteous. (W. Jay.)
Glorifying God in affliction
There never was such affliction as mine, said a poor sufferer, restlessly tossing on a sick bed, in a city hospital. I dont think there ever was such a racking pain. Once, was faintly uttered from the next bed. The first speaker paused for a moment, and then began, in a still more impatient tone: Nobody knows what I pass through; nobody ever suffered more pain. One, was again whispered from the adjoining bed. I take it you mean yourself, poor soul! but--Oh! not myself--not myself, exclaimed the other, her pale face flushing as if some wrong had been offered, not to herself but to another. There was a short pause, and then the sweet, gentle voice uttered the sacred words, When they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the head. And when they came unto a place called Golgotha, they gave Him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall. And they crucified Him. And, about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? The voice ceased, and the nurse handed a cup of barley water, flavoured with a grateful acid, to the lips of both sufferers. Thank you, nurse, said the last speaker. They gave Him gall to eat, and vinegar to drink. She is talking about Jesus, said the other sick woman, but talking about His sufferings cant mend mine. But it lightens hers, said the nurse. I wonder how? Hush! said the nurse. The gentle voice began: Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. Verily, even in the midst of affliction and suffering Gods true children will learn to glorify Him. (J. N. Norton.)
Galileos recognition of God in his blindness
How touching that saying of blind Galileo, It has pleased God that it shall be so, and it must please me too. (J. N. Norton.)
The fires
The term fires is a local designation meaning the east, as the land of sunrise, or of dawning light, and so standing in opposition to the west, which is represented in the next clause as the isles of the sea. The deliverance is one that calls for a chorus of praise from one end of the earth to the other. (T. W. Chambers, D. D.)
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On v15 Isa_24:15. Glorify ye the Lord in the fires.
GLORIFYING GOD IN THE FIRES
Isa_24:15. Glorify ye the Lord in the fires.
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We are required to honour God, not only in all we do (1Co_10:31), but in all we suffer (text). Consider—
I. THE STATE HERE SUPPOSED. “In the fires.” Fire and water are both Scriptural figures of affliction (Psa_66:12; Isa_43:2; 1Pe_4:12). Stripped of metaphor, the passage before us supposes a state of suffering. In this state we may be found—
1. As men (Job_5:6-7; H. E. I., 47–51);
2. As Christians (Psa_34:19). This may seem strange to the natural man, who concludes that the favourite of Heaven is entitled to every indulgence upon earth; and it has proved a source of temptation to the people of God themselves, who have been led from their sufferings to suspect their safety. But this inference is unscriptural (Heb_2:10; Isa_53:10; Mat_10:25; Heb_12:6; H. E. I., 189–196). Could we view many of those who are infinitely dear to God, we should find them in a state of affliction, often exceedingly trying; and we should see them there, not hardening themselves by infidel reasonings or stoical apathy; not endeavouring to banish all sense of their sorrows by repairing to the dissipations of the world; but waiting humbly upon God (Psa_61:1-2; H. E. I., 157, 158). This is well; but it is not enough to seek God in our afflictions, we must serve Him. Consider, then—
II. THE DUTY HERE ENJOINED. “Glorify,” &c. We cannot add to God’s essential glory, but we can declare it; we can make it more fully and widely known (Psa_19:1). This is the duty to which we are at all times called (1Pe_2:9). We discharge it in affliction, when we verbally and practically acknowledge—
1. God’s agency, recognising that our trial has not come upon us by accident, but by His appointment or permission (Job_2:10; H. E. I., 143; P. D., 92, 99).
2. His rectitude (Psa_145:17; Dan_9:7; Psa_119:75).
3. His wisdom, which regulates His corrections and every circumstance connected with them. He never errs in the time, the place, the kind, the instrument, the continuance of affliction; it is precisely the very thing we need, and nothing could be altered without injury (H. E. I., 179–188).
4. His goodness, in sending the affliction at all (H. E. I., 162–165), and in the alleviations and compensations by which it is accompanied (H. E. I., 117–121). A grateful mind will never overlook these.
5. His power, to support us in the affliction, and in due season to deliver us from it. All the records of Scripture should minister to our faith in His ability to help and deliver; He is unchangeable; He is as near you as He was to His people of old; and you are as dear to Him as they were (H. E. I., 198–202).
III. REASONS FOR DISCHARGING THIS DUTY. We ought to glorify God in the fires—
1. Because it is our duty to honour Him at all times, and affliction cannot possibly exempt us from it. Though He has permitted affliction to come upon us, He still remains our Creator, our Preserver, our Benefactor, our Redeemer, and as such is entitled to the homage of our heart and life.
2. Because affliction furnishes one of the finest opportunities for honouring God (H. E. I., 3692–3694).
3. Hope should animate us, because it is distinctly declared that those who honour God shall be honoured by Him.
As the consequence of sanctifying God in the fires, one of two things is certain: either they will be removed, for when the end is answered the dispensation will cease; or you will be compensated for their continuance, by increasing either the present internal supports of grace, or the future recompense of glory, or in both these ways combined.
But can we, who are so weak, perform a duty so hard? No, you cannot do it; but the grace of God will be sufficient even for this. View your difficulties in connection with your supplies, God’s commands in connection with His promises, and boldly face them all (Php_4:12-13).—William Jay: Works, vol. xii. pp. 159–169.
Glorify God—
1. In the fires of persecution by resolute adherence to the truth;
2. In the fires of temptation by a firm resistance to evil;
3. In the fires of affliction by patient submission to His will.—George Smith, D.D.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv14, 16 They will lift up their voices and shout the…
They will lift up their voices and shout the majesty of Yahweh
The phrase "lift up their voices" is an idiom that means to speak loudly. AT: "They will sing and shout about the majesty of Yahweh" (See: Idiom)
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They will
Here "They" refers to those who are still alive after Yahweh devastates the earth.
and will joyfully shout from the sea
Here "the sea" refers to the Mediterranean Sea which is west of Israel. AT: "and those in the west towards the sea will shout with joy" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Therefore in the east glorify Yahweh
The phrase "in the east" represents the people living east of Israel. Isaiah is commanding these people as if they were there with him. But, he is talking to the people in the future after God devastates the earth. AT: "Therefore everyone from distant lands in the east will glorify Yahweh" (See: Metonymy and Apostrophe and Predictive Past)
in the isles of the sea give glory
Isaiah is commanding the people who live on the islands in the Mediterranean sea as if they were there with him. But, he is talking to the people in the future after God devastates the earth. AT: "everyone in the islands will give glory" (See: Metonymy and Apostrophe and Predictive Past)
to the name of Yahweh
Here "name" represents Yahweh. AT: "to Yahweh" (See: Metonymy)
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majesty
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glory
glory
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God
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv14, 16 24:14-16 In spite of wailing and ruin, the sound…
24:14-16 In spite of wailing and ruin, the sound of praise is heard from all directions. Even while still experiencing the pain of the devastation of the old world, the godly will respond with joyous expectation for the new world.
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