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Isaiah 24:12

10 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.

The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.

13 So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.

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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.

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BSB
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
KJV
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
WEB
The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
ASV
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
DARBY
desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, a ruin.
BLB
In the city a desolation has been left, and the gate is broken into a ruin.
ÅB
Tilbake i byen er bare ødeleggelse, og porten er slått i stumper og stykker.
OTB
Ødeleggelse er det som gjenstår i byen, og porten er slått i ruiner.
B1930
Tilbake i byen er bare ødeleggelse, og porten er slått i stumper og stykker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:11

    “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

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  • Lamentations 5:18

    because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

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  • Isaiah 32:14

    For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

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  • Micah 1:9

    For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

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  • Lamentations 1:1

    How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

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  • Lamentations 1:4

    The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

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  • Lamentations 2:9

    Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

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  • Micah 1:12

    For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

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