Isaiah 24:10
The city of chaos has been broken down; every house is closed up and empty. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
9They no longer drink wine and sing, and the beer is bitter to those who drink it. 1
Cross References
Genesis 11:9Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.
2 Kings 25:9He burned the house of Yahweh, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; also every important building in the city he burned.
Isaiah 24:12In the city is left a desolation, and the gate is broken into a ruin. 1
Isaiah 26:5For he will bring down those who live proudly; the fortified city 1 he will lay low, he will lay low to the ground; he will level it to the dust. 1
Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the crowded city will be deserted; 1 the hill and the watchtower will become caves forever, 1 a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; 1
Isaiah 34:13Thorns will overgrow her palaces, nettles and thistles her fortresses. 1 It will be a habitation of jackals, a place for 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 →