Isaiah 24 Commentary
Probably tired of sampling individual peoples for judgment and having a fruitless search for righteousness among the world’s peoples, groups, and nations, Isaiah visits the entire earth.
The LORD God gives him the vision for the entire earth – entire humanity under the judgment of the Creator God. And it’s not good news!
Wickedness isn’t a localized problem. It has a global scope. So is judgment. So is the compassion of the Creator God. In the midst of judgment, Isaiah sees global righteousness. It is the kingdom of the Branch, Immanuel – the son born to us.
“For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before His elders, gloriously.” Verse 23b.
“From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: ‘Glory to the righteous!’” Verse 16b.
But it’s bad news for the rest.
The world has defined vulnerability as follows: Workers, not owners; nobodies, not celebrities; beggars, not bankers; have-nots, not haves. But when the LORD shows up, all these lines disappear. Only the rule of the Christ in an individual’s life matters.
Verse 1 suggests a decimation of the earth – the physical host of humanity. It has consequences for the guests – great and small alike. We get the picture of physical destruction in a single swipe, both in time and space. This is a special event. It’s different from the judgments on individual persons or groups of peoples.
“It shall come to pass in that day that the LORD will punish on high the host of exalted ones, and on the earth the kings of the earth.” Verse 21. The punishment encompasses principalities, powers, the rulers of the darkness of this age, and spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6v12b
Thus, wickedness is punished, alongside its sponsors and the participants.
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