Isaiah 24                                                           Book of Isaiah    

Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

• Israel judgment and mercy
• Empty = waste, upside down, scattered abroad
• Isaiah 24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

• As so = smile
• Leader = the borrower
• Exodus 22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
  26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
  27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
• Deut 15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release.
  3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

• Ezekiel 36:4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
• Ezekiel 12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

• The world = the habitable world
• The world languisheth and fadeth away.. languish
• The earth = This is one of the three places where (in Hebrew) one verse ends with "the earth" and the next verse begins with "the earth".
• The other two passages are Genesis 1:1-2 and Hosea 2:23-24
• Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth.
  2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
• Hosea 2:22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
  23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

• They make what's right wrong and wrong right

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

• Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth.
• Early print: Because of a curse the earth mourneth
• Desolate = laid waste

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry hearted do sigh.

• New wine = must

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

• Tabrets = drums
• There's nothing to celebrate

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

• Confusion = desolation
• Same word as without form
• Refer to Genesis1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
• Occurs in "former" portion three times here
• Isaiah 29:21 "thing of naught
• Isaiah 34:11 and in the "latter" portion eight times
• Vanity = Isaiah 40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
  18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
  19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
  20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
  21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
  22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
  23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

• Darkened is Satan. Satan's ways

12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

• Desolation = astonishment

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.

• They're going to be singing the Song of Moses
• Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
• These who had gotten ''victory'' are the overcomers. These have studied to show themselves approved.
• They are those that knew what was going on.
• And had actually overcome the beast (Satan)
• Who is the false Christ?
• We know that the mark was put on Cain in the garden.
• The sea of glass is a sea of purity, absolute purity.
• They are standing upon a ground of purity.
• Remember the elders mentioned earlier in other chapters.
• They were standing on the sea of glass.
• Revelation 4:6 show us that the sea of glass is before the throne.
• Revelation 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
• Mark of the beast = The number of his name = you know what's happen at the 6th seal, 6th trumpet and 6th vial.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
• They, God's Elect will be singing the Song of Moses
• The Elect are singing these songs, These are the over comers of the world
• This song is simple knowledge of God's word
• Let's note there are two songs they were singing.
• The song of Moses and The song of The Lamb
• Moses is the law, and The Lamb is grace
• The law has not been changed according to Jesus
• Who are the elect?
• The elect destiny is to lead people to the knowledge concerning, Who the Kenites are.

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

• Isles = maritime countries

16 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.

• The righteous = the righteous one (sing)
• The one referred to in verse 15 or the nation
• I said = I had said, the land
• My leanness, my leanness, for emphasis
• This figure is used thrice in the "former" portion (here, and Isaiah 26:3, and Isaiah 29:1) and twice in the "latter" portion
• Treacherous dealers = traitors have betrayed

17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

• Fear, and the pit, and the snare = not a "play on words", but for great and solemn emphasis.
• In Hebrew = Scare, liar, snare

18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

• 7th trump = God has taken over

19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

• 7th vial = God wrath poured out

20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

• Reel to fro = staggering, staggereth, removed
• Hebrew Rocketh = to fro
• Transgression = revolt

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

• Those that claim to have a kingship and don't

22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

• Confounded = blush (from shame)
• Ashamed = turn pale=  from fear
• Ancients = elders

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

 

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25