Isaiah 24:10
The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
World English Bible Classic
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 will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
Cross References
Genesis 11:9Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
2 Kings 25:9He burned the LORD’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.
Isaiah 24:12The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
Isaiah 26:5For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
Isaiah 34:13Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of 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 →