New International Version
Isaiah 24:10
10The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders.
Context of Isaiah 24:10
8The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent. 9No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers. The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred. 11In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth. 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
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Cross-references for Isaiah 24:10
- Isaiah 24:12The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.
- Isaiah 25:2You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
- Isaiah 27:10The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
- Isaiah 32:14The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
- Isaiah 34:13Thorns will overrun her citadels, nettles and brambles her strongholds. She will become a haunt for jackals, a home for owls.
- 2 Kings 25:4Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,
- Jeremiah 39:4When Zedekiah king 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 headed toward the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 52:7Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,
- Micah 2:13The One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out. Their King will pass through before them, the Lord at their head.”
- Micah 3:12Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
- Luke 19:43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.
- Luke 21:24They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Genesis 11:9That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
- Jeremiah 9:25“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
- Matthew 23:34Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
- Revelation 11:7Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower 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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