Isaiah 24:6

“Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, &c.] The inhabitants of it, and the fruits upon it, alluding to the earth being cursed for the sin of man, when it brought forth briers and thorns; this may denote the seven vials of God’s wrath poured upon the earth, or the antichristian states. Some, by the curse, understand perjury or false swearing; so the Targum, “therefore, because of perjury (or a false oath) the earth is become a desert;” of which popes, and Popish princes, cardinals, priests, Jesuits, &c. have been notoriously guilty: and they that dwell therein are desolate: for want of houses, cities and towns being destroyed by war; or through famine, for want of provisions, the earth…”

“earth--the land. burned--namely, with the consuming wrath of heaven: either internally, as in Job 30:30 [ROSENMULLER]; or externally, the prophet has before his eyes the people being consumed with the withering dryness of their doomed land (so Joe 1:10, Joe 1:12), [MAURER].”

“Therefore hath the curse devoured - Eaten it up; a figurative expression that is common in the Scriptures, denoting that the desolation is widespread and ruinous. Are burned - (חרוּ chârû). Instead of this reading, Lowth proposes to read: חרבוּ chârebû ‘Are destroyed.’ The Septuagint reads it, ‘Therefore the inhabitants of the land shall be poor.’ The Syriac, ‘The inhabitants of the land shall be slain.’ But there is no authority from the manuscripts to change the text as proposed by Lowth, Nor is it necessary. The prophet does not mean that the inhabitants of the land were consumed by fire. The expression is evidently figurative. He is speaking of the effect of wrath or the curse, and…”

“The curse - The curse of God threatened to transgressors. Burned - Are consumed by the wrath of God, which is commonly compared to fire. Isaiah 24:7”

“24:6 The effect of sin is so great that no earthly thing or action can adequately atone for it. Hope ultimately lies in God himself. God has reconciled the world to himself in Christ (Col 1:19-20).”

“hath: Isa 42:24, Isa 42:25; Deu 28:15-20, Deu 29:22-28, Deu 30:18, Deu 30:19; Jos 23:15, Jos 23:16; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Mal 2:2, Mal 3:9, Mal 4:1, Mal 4:6; Mat 27:25 and few: Lev 26:22; Deu 4:27, Deu 28:62; Eze 5:3; Mat 7:14; Rom 9:27; Pe2 3:10 Isaiah 24:7”