Isaiah 24:3

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Behold, the LORD lays waste to the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants- ²people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. ³The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.⁴The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. ⁵The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. ⁶Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth's dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. ⁷The new wine dries up; the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. ⁸The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. ⁹They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. ¹⁰The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

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shall: Isaiah 24:1, Isaiah 6:11, Leviticus 26:30-35, Deuteronomy 29:23, Deuteronomy 29:28, 2 Chronicles 36:21, Ezekiel 36:4

the Lord: Isaiah 21:17, Isaiah 22:25, Jeremiah 13:15, Micah 4:4

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:27 - The Jeremiah 6:21 - fathers Jeremiah 48:11 - emptied Jeremiah 52:27 - Thus Ezekiel 12:20 - General Ezekiel 15:8 - I will Joel 1:10 - field Micah 2:4 - We Micah 7:13 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and afterward as well, when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Genesis 14:19
and he blessed Abram and said: "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:22
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 21:23
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you."

Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

Genesis 24:4
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 24:14
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who responds, 'Drink, and I will water your camels as well'-let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

Genesis 24:17
So the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jar."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled,.... Entirely emptied of its inhabitants, and wholly spoiled of its riches and substance; this is repeated, and with greater strength, to confirm what is before said, and which receives a greater confirmation by what follows:

for the Lord hath spoken this word; who is able to perform it, and who is faithful to his threatenings, as to his promises; not a word of his shall ever fail; the judgments threatened to the antichristian world are his true and faithful sayings; and the ruin of Rome is certain, because strong is the Lord that judgeth her, Revelation 18:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land - Hebrew, ‘The earth,’ as in Isaiah 24:1. It is here rendered correctly ‘the land,’ as it should have been there - meaning the land of Canaan.

And spoiled - Its valuable possessions shall become the prey of the invading foe. This is an emphatic repetition of the declaration in Isaiah 24:1, to show the absolute certainty of that which was threatened.