Isaiah 24 Footnotes

24:14-18 Some interpreters see an inconsistency between the rejoicing described in vv. 14-16 and the context, which pictures the devastation and treachery of war. As a result, they assume Isaiah was mocking those who were praising the Lord. Isaiah was moved to weeping because he foresaw that “panic, pit, and trap” (v. 17) were awaiting the people of Jerusalem because of Sennacherib’s attack. But there is nothing in Isaiah’s words that would condemn people from the east and west for extolling the Lord’s majesty. Though Judah was in dire straits in the present circumstance (vv. 16-18), a day of victory and joy would come.