Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 24:19

Albert Barnes Commentary

Isaiah 24:19

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Isaiah 24:19

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently." — Isaiah 24:19 (ASV)

The earth is utterly broken down - The effect as it were of an earthquake where everything is thrown into commotion and ruin.

The earth is moved exceedingly - Everything in this verse is intense and emphatic. The verbs are in the strongest form of emphasis: ‘By breaking, the land is broken;’ ‘by scattering, the land is scattered;’ ‘by commotion, the land is moved.’ The repetition also of the expression in the same sense three times, is a strong form of emphasis; and the whole passage is designed to denote the utter desolation and ruin that had come upon the land.