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 creditor, so with the debtor.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Cross References
Genesis 41:50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.
Deuteronomy 23:19(23-20) Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.
2 Chronicles 36:20And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were 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 9:14(9-13) Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
Jeremiah 23:11For both prophet and priest are ungodly; yea, in My house have I 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 →