Isaiah 24:1-5 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants thereof.… I. THE NATURE OF THE CALAMITY WHICH SHOULD COME UPON THE LAND — the emptiness or desolation of the earth. This is one of the rods which God holds over the heads of people, to make them stand in fear of Hun (Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:38). II. THE AUTHOR OR EFFICIENT CAUSE OF SUCH DESOLATION is God. It does not happen by say blind chance. III. THE MEANS OR SECOND CAUSES whereby God makes a land waste. Pestilence, sword, fire, unseasonable weather, noxious creatures, etc. IV. THE MERITORIOUS CAUSE (ver. 5). (W. Reading, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. |
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