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

You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.

Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.

Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

Glory

Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.

And the voice of the angel of the waters came to my ears, saying, True and upright is your judging, O Holy One, who is and was from all time:

After these things there came to my ears a sound like the voice of a great band of people in heaven, saying, Praise to the Lord; salvation and glory and power be to our God:

But

For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.

And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body will become feeble.

And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.

The treacherous

A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.

Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.

They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.

Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.

General references

From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised.

Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.

And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.