Isaiah 24:21
19 The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
22 They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
23 The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
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
- In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
- KJV
- And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
- WEB
- It will happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
- ASV
- And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
- DARBY
- And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
- BLB
- And it will come to pass in that day, [that] YHWH will lay a charge upon the host of the high place in the high place and upon the kings of the earth on the earth.
- ÅB
- På den tid skal Herren hjemsøke himmelens hær i det høye og jordens konger nede på jorden;
- OTB
- På den dagen vil Herren straffe himmelens hær i himmelen, og jordens konger på jorden.
- B1930
- På den tid skal Herren hjemsøke himmelens hær i det høie og jordens konger nede på jorden;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 76:12
He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
Read in contextZechariah 14:12–19
And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:2–17
The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
Read in contextPsalms 149:6–9
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
Read in contextRevelation 19:18–21
so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
Read in contextRevelation 6:14–17
The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
Read in contextRevelation 18:9
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:12
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
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