God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 24:10
10The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred shut.
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
8Joyful tambourine music stops. Noisy celebrations cease. Joyful harp music stops. 9People no longer drink wine when they sing. Liquor tastes bad to its drinkers. The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred shut. 11People in the streets call for wine. All joy passes away, and the earth’s happiness is banished. 12The city is left in ruins. Its gate is battered to pieces.
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נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה קִרְיַת־תֹּ֑הוּ סֻגַּ֥ר כָּל־בַּ֖יִת מִבּֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 24:10
- Isaiah 24:12The city is left in ruins. Its gate is battered to pieces.
- Isaiah 25:2You have turned cities into ruins, fortified cities into piles of rubble, and foreigners’ palaces into cities that will never be rebuilt.
- Isaiah 27:10The fortified city is isolated. The homestead is left deserted, abandoned like the desert. Calves will graze there. They will lie down. They will feed on the branches.
- Isaiah 32:14Palaces will be deserted. Noisy cities will be abandoned. Fortresses and watchtowers will become permanent caves. They will be a delight for wild donkeys and pastures for flocks
- Isaiah 34:13Its palaces are covered with thorns. Its fortresses have nettles and thistles. It will become a home for jackals and a place for ostriches.
- 2 Kings 25:4The enemy broke through the city walls that night. All Judah’s soldiers left on the road of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, the king took the road to the plain ⌞of Jericho⌟.
- Jeremiah 39:4When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls, and they took the road to the plain ⌞of Jericho⌟.
- Jeremiah 52:7The enemy broke through the city walls, and all Judah’s soldiers fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, they took the road to the plain ⌞of Jericho⌟.
- Micah 2:13⌞The Lord⌟ will open the way and lead them. They will break out, go through the gate, and leave. Their king will travel in front of them. The Lord will lead the people.
- Micah 3:12Because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble, and the temple mountain will become a worship site covered with trees.
- Luke 19:43The time will come when enemy armies will build a wall to surround you and close you in on every side.
- Luke 21:24Swords will cut them down, and they will be carried off into all nations as prisoners. Nations will trample Jerusalem until the times allowed for the nations ⌞to do this⌟ are over.
- Genesis 11:9This is why it was named Babel, because there the Lord turned the language of the whole earth into babble. From that place the Lord scattered them all over the face of the earth.
- Jeremiah 9:25“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised.
- Matthew 23:34I’m sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers of the Scriptures. You will kill and crucify some of them. Others you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.
- Revelation 11:7When the witnesses finish their testimony, the beast which comes from the bottomless pit will fight them, 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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