Isaiah 24:10
All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
9They are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink it.
Cross References
Genesis 11:9On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
2 Kings 25:9And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every house did the captain of the guard burn.
Isaiah 24:12And cities shall be left desolate, and houses being left shall fall to ruin.
Isaiah 26:5who hast humbled and brought down them that dwell on high, thou shalt cast down strong cities, and bring them to the ground.
Isaiah 32:14As for the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, and the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves forever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds’ pastures;
Isaiah 34:13And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strongholds: and they shall be habitations of monsters, and a court for ostriches.
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 →