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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors—none will be spared.

Context of Isaiah 24:2

1See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants— 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. 3The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The Lord has spoken this word. 4The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth.

Isaiah 24:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall be, as with the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• so with the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• as with the servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• so with his masterאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• as with the maidשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
• so with her mistressגְּבֶ֫רֶתgebereth · ladyH1404
• as with the buyerקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• so with the sellerמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• as with the lenderלָוָהlâvâh · to borrowH3867
• as with the taker of usuryנָשָׁהnâshâh · to lendH5383
• soכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• with the giver of usuryנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to exactH5378

Cross-references for Isaiah 24:2

• Isaiah 2:9So people will be brought low and everyone humbled— do not forgive them.
• Isaiah 3:2the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,
• Isaiah 5:15So people will be brought low and everyone humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
• Isaiah 9:14So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day;
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Jeremiah 23:11“Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 41:2Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.
• Jeremiah 42:18This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and wrath have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach; you will never see this place again.’
• Jeremiah 44:11“Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and to destroy all Judah.
• Jeremiah 52:24The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.
• Lamentations 4:13But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.
• Lamentations 5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
• Ezekiel 7:12The time has come! The day has arrived! Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller grieve, for my wrath is on the whole crowd.
• Ezekiel 14:8I will set my face against them and make them an example and a byword. I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Daniel 9:5we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.

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