Isaiah 24:2

And it shall be, 1 as with HaAm, so with the kohen; 1 as with the eved, so with his adonim; 1 as with the shifcha (maid), so with her gevirah (mistress); 1 as with the koneh (buyer), so with the mokher (seller); 1 as with the malveh (lender), so with the loveh (borrower); 1 as with the nosheh (creditor), so with the one owing him. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Hinei, Hashem maketh Ha'Aretz empty, and maketh it waste, 1 and ruineth her face, 1 and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 1

3HaAretz shall be utterly emptied, 1 and utterly plundered; 1 for Hashem hath spoken this davar (word). 1

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Cross References

Genesis 41:50And unto Yosef were born two banim before the shnat ra'av came, which Asenat Bat Poti Phera kohen of On bore unto him.

Deuteronomy 23:19Thou shalt not bring the hire of a zonah, or the price of a kelev (male prostitute), into the Bais Hashem Eloheicha for any neder; for even both of these are to'avat Hashem Eloheicha.

2 Chronicles 36:20And them that had escaped from the cherev carried he off to Babylon where they were avadim to him and his banim until the kingdom of Paras (Persia) began to reign;

Isaiah 3:2The Gibbor, and the Ish Milchamah, 1 the Shofet, and the Navi, 1 the Diviner, and the Zaken, 1

Isaiah 9:14The zaken and prominent man is the head; 1 and the navi that is the moreh sheker (teacher of lies, false teacher) is the tail. 1

Jeremiah 23:11For both navi and kohen are profane; indeed, 1 in My Beis have I found their wickedness, 1 saith Hashem. 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 →

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