Isaiah 24:12
There is left in the city. desolation,—And to ruins, have been broken the gate.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 32:14For the palace, is abandoned, the tumult of the city, hath ceased—Hill and watch-tower, serve as caves, unto times age-abiding, The joy of wild-asses, The pasture of flocks:—
Lamentations 1:1How is seated alone, the city that abounded with people, hath become as a widow,—She who abounded among the nations was a princess among provinces, hath come under tribute.
Lamentations 2:9Her gates, have sunk in the earth, He hath destroyed and broken in pieces, her bars,—Her king and her princes, are among the nations, There is no instruction, Even her prophets, have found no vision, from Yahweh.
Micah 1:9For dangerous are her wounds,—for she hath come as far as Judah, she hath reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.
Matthew 22:7And, the king, was provoked to anger,—and, sending his armies, destroyed those murderers, and, their city, set on fire.
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 →