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

1Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors—none will be spared. 3The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken! 4The earth mourns and dries up, and the land wastes away and withers. Even the greatest people on earth waste away.

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 now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them.
• Isaiah 3:2all their heroes and soldiers, judges and prophets, fortune-tellers and elders,
• Isaiah 5:15Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down; even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.
• Isaiah 9:14Therefore, in a single day the Lord will destroy both the head and the tail, the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.
• Jeremiah 23:11“Even the priests and prophets are ungodly, wicked men. I have seen their despicable acts right here in my own Temple,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 41:2Ishmael and his ten men suddenly jumped up, drew their swords, and killed Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor.
• Jeremiah 42:18“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.’
• Jeremiah 44:11“Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to destroy every one of you!
• Jeremiah 52:24Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.
• Lamentations 4:13Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the sins of her priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.
• Lamentations 5:12Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt.
• Ezekiel 7:12Yes, the time has come; the day is here! Buyers should not rejoice over bargains, nor sellers grieve over losses, for all of them will fall under my terrible anger.
• Ezekiel 14:8I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Daniel 9:5But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.

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