Isaiah 24:16
From the end of the earth we hear songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I cry, Alas, my wretchedness, my wretchedness! woe is me! The plunderers plunder; the plunderers seize the spoil.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17The terror, the pit, and the snare Are upon thee, O inhabitant of the land!
Cross References
Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the ends of the earth for thy possession.
Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice, when he seeth such vengeance; He shall bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalms 72:8He shall 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 upon them leanness.
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, Alas for me! I am undone! For I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among a people of unclean lips, and mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
Isaiah 17:4In that day shall the glory of Jacob sink away, And the fatness of his flesh become leanness.
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 →