The earth mourneth — The word ‘earth’ here, as in Isaiah 24:1, means the land of Judea, or that and so much of the adjacent countri…

The haughty people of the earth. —Literally, the heights, or, to use an English term with a like history, “the highne…

The earth hath lamented. Isaiah proceeds with his subject; for all this tends to explain the desolation of the whole world, that is, of th…

The earth mourns, [and] fades away. It mourns, because of its inhabitants being destroyed; and it fades away, because str…

All whose treasures and happiness are laid up on earth, will soon be brought to poverty and misery. It is good to apply to ourselves what the Scrip…

1. Behold the Lord. In this part, the prophet threatens the destruction of the entire earth. This can refer either to the de…