Isaiah 24:16

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Summary

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.

Uttermost part

Glory

Revelation 19:1

But

Isaiah 10:16

Isaiah 17:4

Psalm 106:15

The treacherous

General references

Bible References

Uttermost part

"But you have enlarged the nation, LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained honor; you have extended all the borders of the land.

Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.

The LORD has bared his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

"I will put up signs among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations to Tarshish, Libya, and Lydia, (who draw the bow), to Tubal and Greece, to the far off coastlands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. Then they will proclaim my glory among the nations.

Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD.

May God truly bless us so that all the nations of the earth will fear him. To the Director of music: A Psalm. A song.

May he rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

He has remembered his gracious love; his faithfulness toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth saw our God's deliverance.

"Then he will take his stand, shepherding by means of the strength of the LORD, by the power of the name of the LORD his God. And they will be firmly established; indeed, from then on he will become great to the ends of the earth.

He'll send out his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven."

For that is what the Lord ordered us to do: "I have made you a light to the gentiles to be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.'"

Glory

"Who is like you among the gods, LORD? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, and working wonders?

The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

They sang the song of God's servant Moses and the song of the lamb: "Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations.

Then I heard the angel in charge of the water say, "You are just. You are the one who is and who was, the Holy One, because you have judged these things.

After these things, I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a large crowd in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God.

But

Therefore, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will send a wasting disease among Assyria's sturdy warriors, and under its glory a conflagration will be kindled, like a blazing bonfire.

"At that time, Jacob's glory will have become weakened, and his strong flesh will turn gaunt;

God granted them their request, but sent leanness into their lives.

The treacherous

A dire vision has been announced to me: the traitor betrays, and the plunderer takes loot. Get up, Elam! Attack, Media! I am putting a stop to all the groaning she has caused.

"How terrible it will be for you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed yourself! And how terrible it will be for you, traitor, one whom people have not betrayed! When you have sunk so low in destroying others, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you."

And neither had you heard, nor did you understand, nor did you open your ear long ago. Indeed, I knew that you would act very deceitfully, and they would call you a rebel from birth.

Instead, like an unfaithful wife leaves her husband, so you have been unfaithful to me, house of Israel," declares the LORD.

For both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.

You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?

Bitterly she cries in the night, as tears stream down her cheeks. No one consoles her of all her friends. All her neighbors have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

They have been unfaithful to the LORD, having raised unbelieving children. In the coming month they will be devoured, along with their fields.

"But like Adam, they broke the covenant; in this they have acted deceitfully against me.

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

General references

From rising to setting sun, may the name of the LORD be praised.

Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

Then Mary said, "My soul praises the greatness of the Lord!

Again he says, "Rejoice, you gentiles, with his people!"