Isaiah 24:2
And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 41:50And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
Deuteronomy 23:19Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing:
2 Chronicles 36:20Whosoever escaped the sword, was led into Babylon, and there served the king and his sons till the reign of the king of Persia.
Isaiah 3:2The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.
Isaiah 9:14And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.
Jeremiah 23:11For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
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 →