OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 24:1

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Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

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Verse 1. Earth. After the ten preceding threats, the prophet denounces destruction to the whole world, ( Worthington.) at the day of judgment; though he may also allude to the desolation of the promised land, as our Saviour joins both in the same prediction. Matthew 24. Calmet.

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