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Isaiah 24:10
10The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
Isaiah 24:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- New International Version (NIV)The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
Context of Isaiah 24:10
8The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases, The noise of those who rejoice ends, The joy of the harp ceases. 9They do not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter. 11There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine; All jubilation is darkened, The joy of the earth is banished. 12Horrible desolation is left in the city, And the gate is battered into ruins.
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נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה קִרְיַת־תֹּ֑הוּ סֻגַּ֥ר כָּל־בַּ֖יִת מִבּֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 24:10
- Isaiah 24:12Horrible desolation is left in the city, And the gate is battered into ruins.
- Isaiah 25:2For You have made a city into a heap [of trash], A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of foreigners is no longer a city, It will never be rebuilt.
- Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city is isolated, A settlement deserted and abandoned like the desert; There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and feed on its branches.
- Isaiah 32:14For the palace has been abandoned, the populated city deserted; The hill [of the city] and the watchtower have become caves [for wild animals] forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
- Isaiah 34:13Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces, Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities; It will be a haunt for jackals, An abode for ostriches.
- 2 Kings 25:4Then the city [wall] was broken into [and conquered]; all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans (Babylonians) were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah (the plain of the Jordan).
- Jeremiah 39:4When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and escaped from the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and the king went out toward the Arabah (Jordan Valley).
- Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was broken into, and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night [as Ezekiel prophesied] passing through the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. They fled by way of the Arabah (the Jordan Valley).
- Micah 2:13The breaker [the Messiah, who opens the way] shall go up before them [liberating them]. They will break out, pass through the gate and go out; So their King goes on before them, The Lord at their head.”
- Micah 3:12Therefore, on account of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.
- Luke 19:43For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side,
- Luke 21:24And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).
- Genesis 11:9Therefore the name of the city was Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the entire earth; and from that place the Lord scattered and dispersed them over the surface of all the earth.
- Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised [physically] and yet uncircumcised [spiritually]—
- Matthew 23:34“Therefore, take notice, I am sending you prophets and wise men [interpreters, teachers] and scribes [men educated in the Mosaic Law and the writings of the prophets]; some of them you will kill and even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues, and pursue and persecute from city to city,
- Revelation 11:7When they have finished their testimony and given their evidence, the beast that comes up out of the abyss (bottomless pit) will wage war with them, and overcome them and kill them.
Commentaries on Isaiah 24:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The city of confusion - That Jerusalem is here intended there can be no doubt. The name city of confusion.‘ is probably given to it by anticipation of what it would be; that is, as it appeared in prophetic vision to Isaiah (see the note at Isaiah 1:1). He gave to it a name that would describe its state when these calamities should have come upon it. The word rendered confusion‘ (תהו tôhû ) does not denote disorder or anarchy, but is a word expressive of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10city of chaos: The normal problems of city life will grow much worse. Disorder will become chaotic and dangerous. Because of this, people will hide inside their homes. They will lock their doors to stay safe.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. city of confusion--rather, "desolation." What Jerusalem would be; by anticipation it is called so. Horsley translates, "The city is broken down; it is a ruin." shut up--through fear; or rather, "choked up by ruins."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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