English Standard Version
Isaiah 24:10
10The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders.
Context of Isaiah 24:10
8The mirth of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled. 9No more do they drink wine with singing; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter. 11There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has grown dark; the gladness of the earth is banished. 12Desolation is left in the city; the gates are 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 24:12Desolation is left in the city; the gates are battered into ruins.
- Isaiah 25:2For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners' palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
- Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches.
- Isaiah 32:14For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
- Isaiah 34:13Thorns shall grow over its strongholds, nettles and thistles in its fortresses. It shall be the haunt of jackals, an abode for ostriches.
- 2 Kings 25:4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 39:4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 52:7Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled and went out from the city by night by the way of a gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
- Micah 2:13He who opens the breach goes up before them; they break through and pass the gate, going out by it. Their king passes on before them, the Lord at their head.
- Micah 3:12Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side
- Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Genesis 11:9Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
- Jeremiah 9:25"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh—
- Matthew 23:34Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
- Revelation 11:7And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer 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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