Isaiah 24:10
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
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 mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Read in contextRevelation 17:5–6
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Read in contextJeremiah 39:8
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Read in contextJeremiah 39:4
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:11
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Read in contextMatthew 23:34–35
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Read in context2 Kings 25:4
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:25–26
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
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