Isaiah 24:10
8 The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
9 They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
11 In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
12 The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
- KJV
- The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- WEB
- The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- ASV
- The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
- DARBY
- The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
- BLB
- The city of confusion has been broken down; every house is closed up from entering.
- ÅB
- Nedbrutt er den øde by; stengt er hvert hus, så ingen kan gå inn.
- OTB
- Den kaotiske byen ligger i ruiner; hvert hus er forseglet så ingen kan komme inn.
- B1930
- Nedbrutt er den øde by; stengt er hvert hus, så ingen kan gå inn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
Read in contextRevelation 17:5–6
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Read in contextJeremiah 39:8
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Read in contextJeremiah 39:4
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:11
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
Read in contextMatthew 23:34–35
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
Read in context2 Kings 25:4
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
Read in contextJeremiah 9:25–26
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
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