Isaiah 24:10
The city of desolation is broken down; Every house is closed, so that none can enter.
Noyes Bible
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
9No more do they drink wine with the song; Strong drink is bitter to them that use it.
11There is a cry for wine in the streets; All gladness is departed; The mirth of the land is gone;
Cross References
Isaiah 24:12Desolation is left in the city, And the gate is smitten into ruins.
Isaiah 26:5For he hath brought down the inhabitants of the fortress; The lofty city he hath laid low; He hath laid her low even to the ground; He hath levelled her with the dust.
Isaiah 32:14For the palace shall be forsaken; The tumult of the city shall be solitary; The fortified hill and the tower shall be dens forever; The joy of wild-asses, the pasture of flocks;
Isaiah 34:13Thorns shall spring up in her palaces; Nettles and thistles in her strongholds. She shall become a habitation for jackals, 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 →