Isaiah 24:16
From the outermost part of the earth we have heard songs. Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously, yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, and the outermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalms 58:10A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
Psalms 72:8He shall also have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Psalms 106:15And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 17:4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:14-16
Hope in the End. ( b. c. 718.) 13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord , they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea. Here is mercy remembered in the midst of wrath. In Judah and Jerusalem, and the… Read the whole commentary →