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 is like a drunk man. It cannot walk in a straight line. It moves in all directions, like a tent in a storm. The people's sins are like a heavy weight on the earth. It cannot carry them and it will fall. It will never be able to get up again. 21At that time, the Lord will punish the powerful beings in the skies above. He will punish the kings who rule on the earth below. He will bring them together like prisoners in a deep hole. That will be their prison. They will be there for a time, and then he will come to punish them. 23The moon will hide its face in shame. The bright light of the sun will become dark. Yes, the Lord Almighty will become king on Mount Zion. He will rule with great power in Jerusalem. The leaders of the people will see his great glory.

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 24:17People everywhere on the earth, terror is ready to catch you! You will fall into a deep hole, and a trap will catch you!
• Isaiah 2:19People will run away to the caves in the hills. They will try to hide in holes in the ground. They will try to escape from the great power of the Lord, when he comes to judge everyone. They will see that he rules with great authority. People will be very afraid when he comes to punish the people on earth.
• Joshua 10:16The five kings had run away from the Israelite soldiers. They had hidden in a cave at Makkedah.
• Jeremiah 38:6So the officers took hold of Jeremiah. They put him in a deep hole in the palace yard where the guards were. Prince Malkijah had made the hole to store water. There was no water in the hole, but only mud. They tied ropes around Jeremiah and they slowly dropped him into the hole. Jeremiah fell deep into the mud.
• Zechariah 9:11But I made a promise to you. I made that promise true with blood. I will free your people that are in a prison, in deep dark holes without water.

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