Isaiah 24:22

Isaiah 24:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
• New International Version (NIV)They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They will be gathered together, As prisoners are gathered in the pit, And will be shut up in the prison; After many days they will be punished.

Context of Isaiah 24:22

20The earth reels back and forth like a drunkard And sways like a shack; Its transgression lies heavily upon it, And it will fall and not rise again. 21So it will happen in that day That the Lord will visit and punish the host (fallen angels) of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on the earth. They will be gathered together As prisoners [are gathered] in a dungeon; They will be shut up in prison, And after many days they will be visited and punished. 23Then the full moon will be embarrassed and the sun ashamed, For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory and brilliance will shine before His elders.

Isaiah 24:22 word by word

וְאֻסְּפ֨וּ אֲסֵפָ֤ה אַסִּיר֙ עַל־בּ֔וֹר וְסֻגְּר֖וּ עַל־מַסְגֵּ֑ר וּמֵרֹ֥ב יָמִ֖ים יִפָּקֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall be gathered togetherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• prisonersאַסִּיר'assîyr · prisonerH616
• are gatheredאֲסֵפָה'ăsêphâh · collectingH626
• in the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• and shall be shut upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• in the prisonמַסְגֵּרmasgêr · locksmithH4525
• and after manyרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall they be visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485

Cross-references for Isaiah 24:22

• Isaiah 24:17Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
• Isaiah 2:19They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks And into the holes of the ground [fleeing] From the terror and dread of the Lord And from the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
• Joshua 10:16Now these five [Amorite] kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Zechariah 9:11As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood] I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Commentaries on Isaiah 24:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22And they shall be gathered together - That is, those who occupy posts of honor and influence in the ecclesiastical and civil polity of the land. “As prisoners.” Margin, as in the Hebrew, With the gathering of prisoners.‘ The reference is to the custom of collecting captives taken in war, and chaining them together by the hands and feet, and thrusting them in large companies into a prison. In the pit - Margin, Dungeon.‘ The sense is, that he rulers of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 Believers may be driven into the uttermost parts of the earth; but they are singing, not sighing. Here is terror to sinners; the prophet laments the miseries he saw breaking in like a torrent; and the small number of believers. He foresees that sin would abound. The meaning is plain, that evil pursues sinners. Unsteady, uncertain are all these things. Worldly men think to dwell in the earth as in a palace, as in a castle; but it shall be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22confined to a dungeon and punished: See also 2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 9:2, 11; 17:8.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. in the pit--rather, "for the pit" [Horsley]. "In the dungeon" [Maurer]. Image from captives thrust together into a dungeon. prison--that is, as in a prison. This sheds light on the disputed passage, 1Pe 3:19, where also the prison is figurative: The "shutting up" of the Jews in Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar, and again under Titus, was to be followed by a visitation of mercy "after many days"--seventy years in the case of the former--the time is not…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 24:22

• Criminals

In the dictionaries

• Cave
• Dark
• Fear
• Lift
• Sennacherib
• Shake
• Isaiah
• Prison; Prisoner
• Punishment, Everlasting
• Salvation

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