Isaiah 24:10
The chaotic city is falling apart; every house is barred shut to keep others out.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
In Context
9People don't sing any more as they drink wine, and the beer tastes bitter.
Cross References
Genesis 11:9That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
2 Kings 25:9He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 24:12The city is in a horrible state of ruin; its gates have been broken down.
Isaiah 26:5He brings down those who live so high and mighty; he demolishes the proud city with its high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust.
Isaiah 32:14The palace is abandoned, the crowded town is deserted. Castles and watch towers will forever become homes loved by wild donkeys, and places where sheep graze,
Isaiah 34:13Thorns will grow over its palaces; weeds and thistles will take over its fortresses. It will be a place where jackals live, a home for owls.
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 →