Isa 24:1, 3-4, Zep 1:15 | JFB | e4.org | 1. the earth —rather, "the land" of Judah (so in ). The desolation under Nebuchadnezzar prefigured that under Titus.

‏ Isaiah 24:1

1. the earth—rather, "the land" of Judah (so in Isa 24:3, 5, 6; Joe 1:2). The desolation under Nebuchadnezzar prefigured that under Titus.

‏ Isaiah 24:3-4

4. world—the kingdom of Israel; as in Isa 13:11, Babylon.

haughty—literally, "the height" of the people: abstract for concrete, that is, the high people; even the nobles share the general distress.

‏ Zephaniah 1:15

15. wasteness . . . desolation—The Hebrew terms by their similarity of sounds, Shoah, Umeshoah, express the dreary monotony of desolation (see on Na 2:10).