Isaiah 24:2

¹ Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

³ The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

⁴ The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

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: people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
KJV: 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.
WEB: It will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
ASV: 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
DARBY: 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 him from whom usury is taken.
BLB: And it will be—as with the people so with the priest, as with the servant so with his master, as with the maidservant so with her mistress, as with the buyer so with the seller, as with the lender so with the borrower, as with the creditor so with the lender of it.

ÅB: Da går det presten som folket, herren som slaven, fruen som slavekvinnen, selgeren som kjøperen, låntageren som långiveren, ågerkaren som hans skyldner.
OTB: Folket skal være som presten, tjeneren som sin herre, tjenestepiken som sin frue, kjøperen som selgeren, långiveren som låntakeren, skyldneren som kreditoren.
B1930: Da går det presten som folket, herren som trælen, fruen som trælkvinnen, selgeren som kjøperen, låntageren som långiveren, ågerkaren som hans skyldner.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 4:9
And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
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Ezekiel 7:12–13
The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
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Lamentations 5:12–14
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
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Jeremiah 42:18
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
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Isaiah 5:15
So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
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Isaiah 3:2–8
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
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Ezekiel 14:8–10
I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 36:14–17
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
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