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Text -- Isaiah 24:6 (NET)

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24:6 So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Isa 24:6 - -- The curse of God threatened to transgressors.

The curse of God threatened to transgressors.

Wesley: Isa 24:6 - -- Are consumed by the wrath of God, which is commonly compared to fire.

Are consumed by the wrath of God, which is commonly compared to fire.

JFB: Isa 24:6 - -- The land.

The land.

JFB: Isa 24:6 - -- Namely, with the consuming wrath of heaven: either internally, as in Job 30:30 [ROSENMULLER]; or externally, the prophet has before his eyes the peopl...

Namely, with the consuming wrath of heaven: either internally, as in Job 30:30 [ROSENMULLER]; or externally, the prophet has before his eyes the people being consumed with the withering dryness of their doomed land (so Joe 1:10, Joe 1:12), [MAURER].

Clarke: Isa 24:6 - -- Are burned "Are destroyed"- For חרו charu , read חרבו charebu . See the Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee and Symmachus.

Are burned "Are destroyed"- For חרו charu , read חרבו charebu . See the Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee and Symmachus.

Calvin: Isa 24:6 - -- 6.Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth Some render it perjury, 124 but as אלה (ā lāh) signifies also a “curse,” I have no doubt th...

6.Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth Some render it perjury, 124 but as אלה lāh) signifies also a “curse,” I have no doubt that here he employs it to denote a “curse,” and alludes to those curses which Moses in the law threatens against wicked men and transgressors of the law, (Lev 26:16; Deu 28:15.) We know that the earth was cursed on account of the transgression of our first parent, so that it brought forth thorns and thistles instead of fruits. (Gen 3:17.) The Lord mitigated this curse, so that, although men were ungrateful and unworthy, still it yielded them food. But when we do not cease to sin, and when we add sin to sin, is it not in the highest degree just that the earth should become barren and unfruitful, in order that we may more clearly perceive this curse, and that it may make a deeper impression on our senses?

And its inhabitants are made desolate I think that אשם shăm) here means “to make desolate,” rather than “to forsake;” and this is apparent from the context, on which account I have translated it “are made desolate.” But perhaps it will be thought preferable to take the copulative ו ( vau) as signifying because, and then the meaning will be, “The earth accursed by God is burnt up, because its inhabitants have acted wickedly.” 125

Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left The word חרו ( charu) may be taken metaphorically, and I prefer this view of it, which makes the meaning to be, that those whom the wrath of God has consumed are burned up; because the destruction is compared to a conflagration. When he adds, “that few will be left,” we learn from it that this prediction cannot be explained as relating to the last day of judgment, and that, on the contrary, the Prophet foretells and confirms those desolations which threatened various nations, and that he does so in order that the godly may fear, and may be led to repentance, and may be prepared for enduring all things.

Defender: Isa 24:6 - -- The primeval curse on the earth because of sin (Gen 3:17-20) will have reached its climax, just as human sin and rebellion reach their climax, during ...

The primeval curse on the earth because of sin (Gen 3:17-20) will have reached its climax, just as human sin and rebellion reach their climax, during the closing years of the tribulation period when the earth is left scorched and desolate. The few ungodly men still living will be consigned to "everlasting fire" (Mat 25:41), and there will be "few men left" to continue in their human flesh entering the millennial age."

TSK: Isa 24:6 - -- hath : Isa 42:24, Isa 42:25; Deu 28:15-20, Deu 29:22-28, Deu 30:18, Deu 30:19; Jos 23:15, Jos 23:16; Zec 5:3, Zec 5:4; Mal 2:2, Mal 3:9, Mal 4:1, Mal ...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Isa 24:6 - -- Therefore hath the curse devoured - Eaten it up; a figurative expression that is common in the Scriptures, denoting that the desolation is wide...

Therefore hath the curse devoured - Eaten it up; a figurative expression that is common in the Scriptures, denoting that the desolation is widespread and ruinous.

Are burned - ( חרוּ chârû ). Instead of this reading, Lowth proposes to read: חרבוּ châre bû ‘ Are destroyed.’ The Septuagint reads it, ‘ Therefore the inhabitants of the land shall be poor.’ The Syriac, ‘ The inhabitants of the land shall be slain.’ But there is no authority from the manuscripts to change the text as proposed by Lowth, Nor is it necessary. The prophet does not mean that the inhabitants of the land were consumed by fire. The expression is evidently figurative. He is speaking of the effect of wrath or the curse, and that effect is often described in the Scriptures as burning, or consuming, as a fire does. The sense is, that the inhabitants of the land are brought under the withering, burning, consuming effect of that wrath; and the same effects are produced by it as are seen when a fire runs over a field or a forest. Hence, the word here used ( חרה chârâh , "to burn, to be kindled") is often used in connection with wrath, to denote burning or raging anger. Exo 22:23 : ‘ His anger burns.’ Gen 30:2 : ‘ And the anger of Jacob was kindled against Rachel; Gen 44:18; Job 27:2-3; Job 42:7; Gen 31:6 : ‘ His anger was kindled.’ Psa 37:1, Psa 37:7-8; Pro 24:19 Compare Job 30:30 :

My skin is black upon me,

And my bones are burnt with heat.

The sense is, that the inhabitants of the land were wasted away under the wrath of God, so that few were left; as the trees of the forest are destroyed before a raging fire.

And few men are left - This was literally true after the invasion of the land by the Chaldeans 2Ki 24:14-16.

Poole: Isa 24:6 - -- The curse the curse of God threatened to transgressors, Deu 28:15 29:20 , and imprecated by and upon themselves, if they should not persist in their ...

The curse the curse of God threatened to transgressors, Deu 28:15 29:20 , and imprecated by and upon themselves, if they should not persist in their obedience to God, Deu 27:26 , and elsewhere.

Are burned are consumed by the wrath of God, which is commonly compared to fire.

Haydock: Isa 24:6 - -- Sin. Towards the end of the world iniquity will abound, and men shall rage against each other, Matthew xxiv. (Worthington) --- They will also feel...

Sin. Towards the end of the world iniquity will abound, and men shall rage against each other, Matthew xxiv. (Worthington) ---

They will also feel the effects of sin. ---

Mad: abandoned to their passions, (Deuteronomy xxviii. 28.) excepting only the elect. (Menochius) ---

Few. The Chaldeans permitted only a few of the poorest sort to remain, 2 Paralipomenon xxix. 10.

Gill: Isa 24:6 - -- Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,.... The inhabitants of it, and the fruits upon it, alluding to the earth being cursed for the sin of man,...

Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,.... The inhabitants of it, and the fruits upon it, alluding to the earth being cursed for the sin of man, when it brought forth briers and thorns; this may denote the seven vials of God's wrath poured upon the earth, or the antichristian states. Some, by the curse, understand perjury or false swearing; so the Targum,

"therefore, because of perjury (or a false oath) the earth is become a desert;''

of which popes, and Popish princes, cardinals, priests, Jesuits, &c. have been notoriously guilty:

and they that dwell therein are desolate: for want of houses, cities and towns being destroyed by war; or through famine, for want of provisions, the earth being cursed for their sins: or the words may be rendered, "for they that dwell therein are guilty" s; of idolatry, bloodshed, perjury, thefts, sorcery, and all other abominations, Rev 9:20,

therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned; their cities burnt with fire, and particularly the city of Rome; or their persons, their bodies burnt with burning fevers, and pestilential diseases; and their minds with envy, fury, and madness: this may be the same with the fourth vial poured upon the sun, when men will be scorched with fire and great heat, and blaspheme, Rev 16:8. The Vulgate Latin version here renders it, "shall be mad"; through the wrath of God poured out upon them:

and few men left; but what shall be consumed by fire or sword, by famine or pestilence, or by one or other of the vials; and those that remain shall be frightened, and give glory to the God of heavens Rev 11:13.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 24:6 Heb “and mankind is left small [in number].”

Geneva Bible: Isa 24:6 Therefore hath the ( d ) curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell in it are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are ( e ) burned, an...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Isa 24:1-23 - --1 The doleful judgments of God upon the land.13 A remnant shall joyfully praise him.16 God in his judgments shall advance his kingdom.

MHCC: Isa 24:1-12 - --All whose treasures and happiness are laid up on earth, will soon be brought to want and misery. It is good to apply to ourselves what the Scripture s...

Matthew Henry: Isa 24:1-12 - -- It is a very dark and melancholy scene that this prophecy presents to our view; turn our eyes which way we will, every thing looks dismal. The threa...

Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 24:4-9 - -- That this is the case is evident from Isa 24:4-9, where the accursed state into which the earth is brought is more fully described, and the cause th...

Constable: Isa 7:1--39:8 - --III. Israel's crisis of faith chs. 7--39 This long section of the book deals with Israel's major decision in Isa...

Constable: Isa 13:1--35:10 - --B. God's sovereignty over the nations chs. 13-35 This major section of the book emphasizes the folly of ...

Constable: Isa 24:1--27:13 - --2. Divine victory over the nations chs. 24-27 This section of the text has similarities to the p...

Constable: Isa 24:1-20 - --The preservation of God's people within a world under divine judgment 24:1-20 Isaiah revealed that the Lord's people are at the center of His plans fo...

Guzik: Isa 24:1-23 - --Isaiah 24 - The Character of the Judgment of the LORD A. The scene of God's judgment. 1. (1-3) The scope of the judgment of the LORD. Behold, the ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Isaiah (Book Introduction) ISAIAH, son of Amoz (not Amos); contemporary of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, in Israel, but younger than they; and of Micah, in Judah. His call to a higher deg...

JFB: Isaiah (Outline) PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. (Isa. 5:1-30) SIX DISTINCT WOES AGAINST CRIMES. (Isa. 5:8-23) (Lev 25:13; Mic 2:2). The jubilee restoration of posses...

TSK: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the a...

TSK: Isaiah 24 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Isa 24:1, The doleful judgments of God upon the land; Isa 24:13, A remnant shall joyfully praise him; Isa 24:16, God in his judgments sha...

Poole: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts: 1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites. 2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These we...

Poole: Isaiah 24 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 24 Judgments on Judah for their defilements and transgressions, Isa 24:1-12 . A remnant shall praise God, Isa 24:13-15 . God, by his judgme...

MHCC: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He has been well called the evangelical prophet, on account of his numerous and...

MHCC: Isaiah 24 (Chapter Introduction) (Isa 24:1-12) The desolation of the land. (Isa 24:13-15) A few shall be preserved. (Isa 24:16-23) God's kingdom advanced by his judgments.

Matthew Henry: Isaiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Prophet is a title that sounds very great to those that understand it, t...

Matthew Henry: Isaiah 24 (Chapter Introduction) It is agreed that here begins a new sermon, which is continued to the end of Isa 27:1-13. And in it the prophet, according to the directions he had...

Constable: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and writer The title of this book of the Bible, as is true of the o...

Constable: Isaiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction chs. 1-5 A. Israel's condition and God's solution ch. 1 ...

Constable: Isaiah Isaiah Bibliography Alexander, Joseph Addison. Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah. 1846, 1847. Revised ed. ...

Haydock: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS. INTRODUCTION. This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, (Ecclesiasticus xlviii. 25.) the great prophet; from t...

Gill: Isaiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH This book is called, in the New Testament, sometimes "the Book of the Words of the Prophet Esaias", Luk 3:4 sometimes only t...

Gill: Isaiah 24 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 24 This chapter contains a prophecy of calamities that should come upon the whole world, and the inhabitants of it, for thei...

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