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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 24:23

confounded = blush (from shame). ashamed = turn pale (from fear). the LORD of hosts. See note on Isaiah 1:9 . ancients = elders. Compare Revelation 4:4 . gloriously = in glory, or "[shall be] a glory". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 24:23

"Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory."This verse again points squarely at the Great Day. "And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood" (Revelation 6:12). It appears here that the same cosmic disturbances mentioned by Isaiah were also foreseen in the revelation to John. There is little doubt that both visions contemplate the final... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 24:23

Isaiah 24:23. Then the moon shall be confounded— In this verse we have the alleviation or consequence of this judgment, with respect to the church. The simple sense of the words is plain, namely, that at the time, or after the time, wherein God should take vengeance upon the enemies of his people, his kingdom, restored and reformed, should shine more gloriously than the sun and moon in their orbs, when they appear in the greatest splendor and majesty to the eyes of men; which was remarkably the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 24:23

23. ( :-). Still future: of which Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem amidst hosannas was a pledge. his ancients—the elders of His people; or in general, His ancient people, the Jews. After the overthrow of the world kingdoms. Jehovah's shall be set up with a splendor exceeding the light of the sun and moon under the previous order of things (Isaiah 60:19; Isaiah 60:20). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 24:21-23

The coming King 24:21-23Isaiah hinted at the coming of a great future King in his oracles against Philistia and Edom (Isaiah 14:29-30; Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 21:11-12). Now he revealed more. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 24:23

The moon and sun, the most glorious rulers of human life, in the physical sense, will be ashamed by the appearance of an even more glorious ruler (cf. Revelation 21:23). The sun and the moon were important gods in the ancient Near East, but no god can stand beside Yahweh. Isaiah’s is a poetic description of relative glory. Isaiah did not use the astronomical words for moon and sun here but poetic equivalents, the "white" and the "hot." Yahweh Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 24:1-23

2. All class distinctions are obliterated and confused. 5. Defiled] i.e. desecrated by bloodshed (Numbers 35:33). Everlasting covenant] The phrase seems to allude to Genesis 9:16, the covenant with Noah and his sons. The bloodshed, upon which the great world-empires were founded, was a violation of this primitive covenant.7-9. The meaning is that every form of enjoyment has ceased. 10. Confusion] or, ’chaos’ (Genesis 1:2), so called because of the desolation awaiting it. No man, etc.] the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 24:23

(23) The moon shall be confounded . . .—The thought implied is that the most glorious forms of created light will become dim, the moon red as with the blush of shame, the sun turning pale, before the glory of Jehovah’s presence.The Lord of hosts shall reign . . .—Better, hath become king, the phrase being that used as in 2 Samuel 5:4; 1 Kings 15:1, for a king’s accession to his throne.And before his ancients gloriously.—Better, and before his elders shall he glory. The “elders” are, like the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 24:1-23

The Consecration of Suffering Isaiah 24:15 Religion consists in taking things out of their common places, and in removing them from a lower to a higher level. To hold everything in God, to use it for God, to dedicate it to God this is consecration. I. The Great Danger of Suffering whether it be physical or mental suffering is threefold: a. Pride, because we become exceptional, and are made much of. b. Indolence, because the nerves become unstrung. c. Selfishness, because at such times... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 24:1-23

CHAPTER XXVIIITHE EFFECT OF SIN ON OUR MATERIAL CIRCUMSTANCEDATE UNCERTAINIsaiah 24:1-23THE twenty-fourth of Isaiah is one of those chapters which almost convince the most persevering reader of Scripture that a consecutive reading of the Authorised Version is an impossibility. For what does he get from it but a weary and unintelligent impression of destruction, from which he gladly escapes to the nearest clear utterance of gospel or judgment? Criticism affords little help. It cannot clearly... read more

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