Isaiah 24:2

Isaiah 24:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
• New International Version (NIV)it will be the same for priest as for people, for the master as for his servant, for the mistress as for her servant, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor.

Context of Isaiah 24:2

1Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants. And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor. 3The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4The earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.

Isaiah 24:2 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה כָעָם֙ כַּכֹּהֵ֔ן כַּעֶ֙בֶד֙ כַּֽאדֹנָ֔יו כַּשִּׁפְחָ֖ה כַּגְּבִרְתָּ֑הּ כַּקּוֹנֶה֙ כַּמּוֹכֵ֔ר כַּמַּלְוֶה֙ כַּלֹּוֶ֔ה כַּנֹּשֶׁ֕ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר נֹשֶׁ֥א בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• will be like the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• the servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• like his masterאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• the femaleשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
• like her mistressגְּבֶ֫רֶתgebereth · ladyH1404
• the buyerקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• like the sellerמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• the lenderלָוָהlâvâh · to borrowH3867
• creditorנָשָׁהnâshâh · to lendH5383
• like the debtorנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377

Cross-references for Isaiah 24:2

• Isaiah 2:9So the common person has been humbled And the person of importance has been brought low, But do not forgive them.
• Isaiah 3:2The mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,
• Isaiah 5:15So the common people will be humbled and the person of importance brought low, The eyes of the haughty also will be brought low.
• Isaiah 9:14So the Lord cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, do Your eyes not look for honesty? You have struck them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.
• Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are defiled; Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 41:2Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him rose up, and struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and put to death the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
• Jeremiah 42:18For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “As My anger and wrath have gushed out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will gush out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation, and a disgrace; and you will not see this place again.”
• Jeremiah 44:11“Therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to set My face against you for a disaster, even to eliminate all Judah.
• Jeremiah 52:24Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.
• Lamentations 4:13Because of the sins of her prophets And the wrongdoings of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous,
• Lamentations 5:12Leaders were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
• Ezekiel 7:12The time has come, the day has arrived. Let neither the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude.
• Ezekiel 14:8I will set My face against that person and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will eliminate him from among My people. So you will know that I am the Lord.
• Daniel 9:5we have sinned, we have done wrong, and acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.

Commentaries on Isaiah 24:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As with the people, so with the priest - This does not mean in moral character, but in destiny. It does not mean that the character of the priest would have any influence on that of the people, or that because the one was corrupt the other would be; but it means that all would be involved in the same calamity, and there would be no favored class that would escape. The prophet, therefore, enumerate the various ranks of the people, and shows that all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23Here, the judgments described in Isaiah 13–23 apply to all of creation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. as with the people, so with the priest--All alike shall share the same calamity: no favored class shall escape (compare Eze 7:12, 13; Ho 4:9; Re 6:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 24:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Interest
• Judgment
• Lending

In the dictionaries

• Dark
• Fear
• Lift
• Sennacherib
• Shake
• Creditor
• Interest
• Isaiah
• Lend, Loan
• Maid; Maiden

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