Isaiah 24:16

Glory to the righteous. Songs are heard ascending to Christ, the Righteous One (see v. 15). At a time such as this it would hardly appear appropriate to ascribe “glory” to men, however “righteous” they might be. Compare the universal song of praise to God, recorded in Rev. 19:1-6, at this very time. My leanness. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. It may mean, literally, “leanness to me.” The prophet here seems to turn momentarily from the glory of the future to the shame and misery of the present. “Leanness” is used as a symbol of wasting and sorrow, a result of the judgments of God (Ps. 106:15; see Isa. 10:16; cf. 17:4). After a brief view of the joys of God’s people at the hour of their deliverance, Isaiah turns to the troubles and disappointments of the lost, and continues with a description of the terrible judgment to come. Treacherous. When it is too late, men realize that they owe their plight to their own treacherous dealings with God. The same word is translated “deceitfully” in Ex. 21:8. It implies a course of action directly contrary to one’s knowledge of right.