Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 24:3
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
3. For land read earth as Isa 24:1 ; Isa 24:4, &c.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The land – Hebrew, The earth, as in Isa 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 Isa 24:1, to show the absolute certainty of that which was threatened.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ 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, Re 18:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
3. By emptying shall the earth be emptied. He confirms what he had already said, and declares that those changes will not be accidental, but that they are the work of God. In the first verse, he had expressly stated that God is making preparations for emptying the earth: he now asserts that it will happen, and adds the reason, that God hath purposed and determined to do it.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
3, 4. The earth , ( aretz,) earth, or land, occurs over twelve times in this chapter, and applies to the whole land of Israel. But its parallel, , ( tebel,) the inhabited world, may apply to all known nations.
Haughty people High in social position and proud in spirit. Princes, alike with the lower classes, have no escape.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Isa 24:3. The land shall be utterly emptied, &c. As the public calamities coming upon the land were to be repeated at various times, and in various manners, the sacred writer has accommodated his discourse to these calamities, and divided it into various articles and gradations, whereof this is the second; and it seems most probably to relate to the destruction of the temple, and the desolation of Judaea, by Antiochus Epiphanes; concerning which the reader may refer to his history in Josephus, Antiq. lib. xii. c. 7 and for the better understanding of this prophesy, we will beg leave to recommend a perusal and general comparison of the first book of Maccabees.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Isa 24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Ver. 3. The land shall be utterly emptied. ] See on Isa 24:1 .
For the Lord hath spoken this word.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
The land: Hebrew. ha-‘drez, as in Isa 24:1.
utterly emptied. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia, for emphasis. Hebrew. hibb6k tibbdk.
utterly spoiled. Hebrew. hibb6z tibboz.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
shall: Isa 24:1, Isa 6:11, Lev 26:30-35, Deu 29:23, Deu 29:28, 2Ch 36:21, Eze 36:4
the Lord: Isa 21:17, Isa 22:25, Jer 13:15, Mic 4:4
Reciprocal: Jer 4:27 – The Jer 6:21 – fathers Jer 48:11 – emptied Jer 52:27 – Thus Eze 12:20 – General Eze 15:8 – I will Joe 1:10 – field Mic 2:4 – We Mic 7:13 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The repetition of the revelation of this judgment (cf. Isa 24:1), with the assurance that the Lord announced it, confirms its certainty (cf. 2Pe 3:5-7; Revelation 6; Revelation 8-9; Revelation 15-16; Rev 21:1). The fact of the earth’s destruction, rather than the precise methods and instruments He will use, were the focus of this prophet’s revelation. Later revelation provided more detail. These things would happen simply because the Lord had spoken (cf. Gen 1:3; Gen 1:6; Gen 1:9; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:20; Gen 1:24; Gen 1:26; Gen 2:16-17; Gen 3:14; Gen 3:16-17; Gen 3:22).