Isaiah 24:16

From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

17Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

Psalms 106:15So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Isaiah 17:4“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

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 →

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