Isaiah 24:10
The city of tohu is broken; 1 every bais is shut up, that no man may come in. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
Genesis 11:9Therefore is the shem of it called Bavel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha'Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz.
2 Kings 25:9And he set fire to the Beis Hashem, and the Bais HaMelech (the palace), and all the batim (houses) of Yerushalayim, and every bais hagadol he burned with eish. + 25:9 Tisha B'Av, see Jer 52:12
Isaiah 24:12In the Ir is left desolation, 1 and the sha'ar is stricken with ruination. 1
Isaiah 26:5For He bringeth down them that dwell on marom (high); 1 the lofty city, He layeth it low; 1 He layeth it low, even ad eretz; 1 He bringeth it even to aphar (dust). 1
Isaiah 32:14Because the palaces shall be forsaken; 1 the multitude of the Ir shall be abandoned; 1 the citadel and stronghold shall be ruins ad olam, 1 a delight of wild donkeys, 1 a pasture of adarim (flocks); 1
Isaiah 34:13And sirim (thorns) shall come up in her citadels, 1 nettles and brambles in the strongholds thereof; 1 and it shall become the habitation of jackals, 1 and the abode for banot ya'anah (ostriches). 1
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 →