Isaiah 24:2

It will come about that, as with the people, so with the priest; 1 as with the servant, so with his master; 1 as with the maid, so with her mistress; 1 as with the buyer, so with the seller; 1 as with the creditor, so with the debtor; 1 as with the receiver of interest, so with the giver of interest. 1

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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

1Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants. 1

3The earth will be completely devastated and completely stripped; 1 for Yahweh has spoken this word. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 41:50Joseph had two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.

Deuteronomy 23:19You must not lend on interest to your fellow Israelite—interest of money, interest of food, or the interest of anything that is lent on interest.

2 Chronicles 36:20The king carried away to Babylon those who had escaped the sword. They became servants for him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia.

Isaiah 3:2the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the one who practices divination and the elder, 1

Isaiah 9:14Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. 1

Jeremiah 23:11“For both the prophets and the priests are polluted. I even found their wickedness in my house!—this is Yahweh's declaration— 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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