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Isaiah 24:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23Then 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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Quick Meaning
The universalizing poetic vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in…” at Isaiah 24:23 as part of “Remnant Songs Meet Cosmic and Royal Judgment.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 24:13–23
Read Isaiah 24:23 with 24:13–23. By itself, “Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Sparse gleanings praise from afar, but the speaker laments treachery, earth reels, heavenly and earthly powers are punished, and the LORD reigns in Zion.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “The Land Is Emptied as Covenant and Celebration Fail” into “Remnant Songs Meet Cosmic and Royal Judgment.” Its non-interchangeable movement is: Sparse gleanings praise from afar, but the speaker laments treachery, earth reels, heavenly and earthly powers are punished, and the LORD reigns in Zion. This verse's placement is specific: The universalizing poetic vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in…” at Isaiah 24:23 as part of “Remnant Songs Meet Cosmic and Royal Judgment.”
What Remains True
Hope can face systemic violence and death without granting readers a timetable or permission to manufacture an enemy. In Isaiah 24:23, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The universalizing poetic vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in…” at Isaiah 24:23 as part of “Remnant Songs Meet Cosmic and Royal Judgment.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Reject prophetic countdowns and conspiracy maps; let the poem's hope strengthen truthful grief, justice, mutual care, and resistance to dehumanizing enemies. This response follows Isaiah 24:13–23's specific concern, “Remnant Songs Meet Cosmic and Royal Judgment.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The universalizing poetic vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in…” at Isaiah 24:23 as part of “Remnant Songs Meet Cosmic and Royal Judgment.”
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Read Isaiah 24:13–23 — Remnant Songs Meet Cosmic and Royal JudgmentSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 24:13–23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 24:13–23 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
Open the fixed Hebrew Isaiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Isaiah
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, poetry, older KJV language, chronology, names, textual issues, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Isaiah PDF, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Isaiah 24:13–23 in the complete 205-page book PDF
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