Isaiah 24 · Verse 23

Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Isaiah 24:23, King James Version

Isaiah 24:23 in other translations

BSBThe moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
WEBThen the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.
ASVThen the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
YLTAnd confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders--honour!
DARBYAnd the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.
BBEThen the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
WebsterThen the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

What does Isaiah 24:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. (Jr 3:17). Still future: of which Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem amidst hosannas was a pledge. his ancients--the elders of His people; or in general, His ancient people, the Jews. After the overthrow of the world kingdoms. Jehovah's shall be set up with a splendor exceeding the light of the sun and moon under the previous order of things (Is 60:19, 20).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 Before his ancients gloriously - In the sigt of their olde men he schal ben glorified. Old MS. Bible. "The figurative language of the prophets is taken from the analogy between the world natural and an empire or kingdom considered as a world politic. Accordingly the whole world natural, consisting of heaven and earth, signifies the whole world politic, consisting of thrones and people; or so much of it as is considered in prophecy: and the things in that world signify the analogous things in this. For the heavens and the things thereto signify thrones and dignities, and those who enjoy them; and the earth with the things thereon, the inferior people; and the lowest parts of the earth, called hades or hell, the lowest or most miserable part of them. Great earthquakes, and the shaking of heaven and earth, are put for the shaking of kingdoms, so as to distract and overthrow them; the creating a new heaven and earth, and the passing away of an old one, or the beginning and end of a world, for the rise and ruin of a body politic signified thereby. The sun, for the whole species and race of kings, in the kingdoms of the world politic; the moon, for the body of the common people, considered as the king's wife; the stars, for subordinate princes and great men; or for bishops and rulers of the people of God, when the sun is Christ: setting of the sun, moon, and stars. darkening the sun, Turning the moon into blood and falling of the stars, for the ceasing of a kingdom." Sir 1. Newton's Observations on the Prophecies, Part I., chap. 2. These observations are of great consequence and use, in explaining the phraseology of the prophets.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 24:16-23

Believers may be driven into the uttermost parts of the earth; but they are singing, not sighing. Here is terror to sinners; the prophet laments the miseries he saw breaking in like a torrent; and the small number of believers. He foresees that sin would abound. The meaning is plain, that evil pursues sinners. Unsteady, uncertain are all these things. Worldly men think to dwell in the earth as in a palace, as in a…

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Isaiah 24:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְחָֽפְרָה֙ve.cha.fe.Rahand it will be abashedH2659
הַלְּבָנָ֔הha.le.va.Nahthe moonH3842
וּבוֹשָׁ֖הu.vo.Shahand it will be ashamedH954
הַֽחַמָּ֑הha.cha.Mahthe sunH2535
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
מָלַ֞ךְma.Lakhhe will reignH4427
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
בְּהַ֤רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
צִיּוֹן֙tzi.yOnZionH6726
וּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םu.vi.Ru.sha.Limand in JerusalemH3389
וְנֶ֥גֶדve.Ne.gedand beforeH5048
זְקֵנָ֖יוze.ke.Navelders hisH2205
כָּבֽוֹד\׃\ \פka.VodgloryH3519

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Cross references for Isaiah 24:23

  • Isaiah 60:19

    The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

  • Isaiah 13:10

    For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

  • Revelation 21:23

    And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  • Revelation 22:5

    And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  • Hebrews 12:22

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  • Revelation 6:12-14

    And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • Micah 4:7

    And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.

  • Isaiah 12:6

    Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  • Revelation 19:4

    And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

  • Daniel 7:9-10

    I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

  • Job 38:4-7

    Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the moon.
13:10; 30:26; 60:19; Eze 32:7,8; Joe 2:31; 3:15; Mr 13:24-26
Re 6:12-14; 21:23
when.
52:7; Ex 15:21; Ps 97:1; Zec 9:9; Mt 6:10,13; Re 11:15; 19:4,6
mount.
12:6; Mic 4:7; Heb 12:22; Re 14:1
before his ancients gloriously. or, there shall be glorybefore his ancients.
Job 38:4-7; Da 7:9,10,18,27

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Context

  • Isaiah 24:22

    And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

  • Isaiah 24:23

    Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

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Isaiah 24:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La luna se avergonzará, y el sol se confundirá, cuando Jehová de los ejércitos reinare en el monte de Sión, y en Jerusalem, y delante de sus ancianos fuere glorioso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la lune rougira, et le soleil aura honte; car l’ Éternel des armées régnera en la montagne de Sion et à Jérusalem, et devant ses anciens, en gloire.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Mond wird mit Scham bedeckt und die Sonne beschämt werden; denn Jehova der Heerscharen herrscht als König auf dem Berge Zion und in Jerusalem, und vor seinen Ältesten ist Herrlichkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erubescet luna, et confundetur sol, cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Jerusalem et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.