Isaiah
24:15
15 Wherefore glorify [kabad] ye the LORD [Yahovah] in
the fires ['uwr], even the name [shem] of the LORD [Yahovah] God ['elohiym] of Israel [Yisra'el] in the
isles ['iy] of the sea [yam]. KJV-Interlinear
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the
LORD; in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God
of Israel. ESV
Isaiah continues
to call upon all those who have survived, to glorify the Lord. Fires, ‘uwr,’ refers to light and typically
the morning light, usually caused by the morning fires or the light of dawn.
And in the isles,
is a reference to the coastlands and beyond.
The celebration,
one in which the heavy burdens of fear and life are lifted and removed, is a
celebration in tears of joy and thanks.
When you have
been under the strain and pressures of life, even severe pressures for an
extended period of time, and when they are lifted and removed, then the
happiness is typically combined with tears, which is a normal response of the
deep emotions that have been released.
And that is what
is being portrayed here, not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judah and Israel
and beyond the borders to the rest of the world.
People who have
been in hiding for many months or even years, probably could not light camp
fires for very long periods, if at all, since the fire light or smoke would
give away their location and they would have been caught.
But now the
fires are freely lit and kept burning for all to see, as the fire of faith in
the heart is kept burning with doctrine.
