Isaiah 24:16

From the uttermost part of Ha'Aretz have we heard zemirot (songs), 1 even glory to the Tzaddik (Righteous One). 1 But I said, My wasting away, 1 my wasting away, Oy li (woe unto me)! 1 The bogedim (traitors) have dealt treacherously; 1 the bogedim have dealt very treacherously. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 ye Hashem in the Urim (east), 1 even the Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel in the iyyim (islands) + 24:15 See Isa 42:4 of the yam. 1

17Pachad (fear), and the pachat (pit), and the pach (pitfall, snare), 1 are upon thee, O inhabitant of Ha'Aretz. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 2:8Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the Goyim for thine nachalah, 1 and the uttermost parts of ha'aretz for thy possession. 1

Psalms 58:10Before your sirot (pots) can feel the burning thorns, 1 may He with a whirlwind blow them away, both green and dry alike. 1

Psalms 72:8He + 72:8 Moshiach Ben Dovid shall have dominion also from yam to yam, 1 and from nahar (Euphrates river) unto the afsei eretz (the ends of the earth). 1

Psalms 106:15And He gave them their she'elah (request); 1 but sent leanness into their nefesh. 1

Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Oy (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 mine eyes have seen HaMelech, Hashem Tzva'os.

Isaiah 17:4And in that day it shall come to pass, 1 that the kavod Ya'akov shall fade, 1 and the fatness of his basar shall waste away. 1

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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