Isaiah 24:16

From the farthest part of the earth we have heard songs, 1 “Glory to the righteous one!” 1 But I said, “I have wasted away, I have wasted away, woe is me! 1 The treacherous have dealt treacherously; 1 yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.” 1

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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 in the east glorify Yahweh, 1 and in the isles of the sea give glory to the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 1

17Terror, the pit, and the snare are upon you, inhabitants of the earth. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 2:8Ask me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance 1 and the farthermost regions of the earth for your possession. 1

Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance; 1 he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, 1

Psalms 72:8May he have dominion from sea to sea, 1 and from the River to the ends of the earth. 1

Psalms 106:15So he gave them what they requested, 2 but he sent a horrible disease upon them. 1

Isaiah 6:5Then I said, 1 “Woe is me! For I am doomed because I am a man of unclean lips, 1 and I live among a people of unclean lips, 1 because my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh, Yahweh of hosts!”

Isaiah 17:4It will come about on that day 1 that the glory of Jacob will become thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean. 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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