Isaiah 24:21
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
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.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
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
- 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 shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Read in contextZechariah 14:12–19
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:2–17
For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
Read in contextPsalms 149:6–9
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
Read in contextRevelation 19:18–21
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Read in contextRevelation 6:14–17
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Read in contextRevelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Read in contextIsaiah 10:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
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