Isaiah 24:2
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 him from whom usury is taken.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
Cross References
Genesis 41:50And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On bore to him.
Deuteronomy 23:19Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest:
2 Chronicles 36:20And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they became servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;
Isaiah 3:2the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
Isaiah 9:14And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:
Jeremiah 23:11For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:2-13
General Desolation Announced. ( b. c. 718.) 1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 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. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly… Read the whole commentary →