Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred. New Living Translation The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders. English Standard Version The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter. Berean Standard Bible The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. King James Bible The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. New King James Version The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in. New American Standard Bible The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter. NASB 1995 The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter. NASB 1977 The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter. Legacy Standard Bible The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter. Amplified Bible The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter. Christian Standard Bible The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. Holman Christian Standard Bible The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. American Standard Version The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Contemporary English Version Towns are crushed and in chaos; houses are locked tight. English Revised Version The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. GOD'S WORD® Translation The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred shut. Good News Translation In the city everything is in chaos, and people lock themselves in their houses for safety. International Standard Version The chaotic city lies broken down; every house is closed up so that no one can enter them. Majority Standard Bible The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. NET Bible The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight. New Heart English Bible The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Webster's Bible Translation The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may enter. World English Bible The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIt was broken down—a city of emptiness, "" Every house has been shut from [its] entrance. Young's Literal Translation It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance. Smith's Literal Translation The city of desolation was broken down: every house was shut up from coining in. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in. Catholic Public Domain Version The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters. New American Bible Broken down is the city of chaos, every house is shut against entry. New Revised Standard Version The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that no one can enter. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe city is plundered, every wine cellar is shut up, so that no one may come in. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The city is plundered and every house with wine cellars is captured OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Broken down is the city of wasteness; Every house is shut up, that none may come in. Brenton Septuagint Translation All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Judgment on the Earth…9They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. 10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. 11In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.… Cross References Revelation 18:2 And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. Jeremiah 51:29 The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. Jeremiah 50:15 Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her. Ezekiel 26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’ Revelation 14:8 Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.” Nahum 3:1-7 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey. / The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! / Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead— ... Zephaniah 1:11 Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off. 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. Revelation 11:13 And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. Ezekiel 27:26-27 Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea. / Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall. Revelation 18:21-24 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ... Isaiah 25:2 Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. Treasury of Scripture The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. city Isaiah 24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. Isaiah 25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Isaiah 27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. of confusion Genesis 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Jeremiah 9:25,26 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; … Matthew 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: … Jump to Previous Barred Broken Chaos City Confused Confusion Desolate Emptiness Enter Entereth Entrance House Lies Ruined Shut Solitude Waste WastenessJump to Next Barred Broken Chaos City Confused Confusion Desolate Emptiness Enter Entereth Entrance House Lies Ruined Shut Solitude Waste WastenessIsaiah 24 1. The doleful judgments of God upon the land13. A remnant shall joyfully praise him 16. God in his judgments shall advance his kingdom The city of chaos The phrase "the city of chaos" in Isaiah 24:10 refers to a place of utter disorder and confusion. The Hebrew word for "chaos" here is "tohu," which is also used in Genesis 1:2 to describe the earth as "formless and void" before God brought order through creation. This suggests a return to a state of primordial disorder, symbolizing divine judgment. Historically, cities were centers of civilization and order, so describing a city as chaotic implies a complete breakdown of societal structures. From a conservative Christian perspective, this can be seen as a warning against turning away from God's order and the resulting spiritual and moral decay. is broken down every house is barred to entry Every house is shut up--i.e., to complete the picture, not because its gates are barred, but because its own ruins block up the entrance. Verse 10. - The city of confusion is broken down. No special city seems to be intended. "Est urbis nomen collective capiendum" (Rosenmüller). Chaos (tohu) reigns in the cities, where there is no civic life, no government, no order, nothing but confusion. Every house is shut up; bolted and barred against intruders. There is no confidence, no friendly intercourse, no visiting.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The cityקִרְיַת־ (qir·yaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7151: A town, city of chaos תֹּ֑הוּ (tō·hū) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain is shattered; נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה (niš·bə·rāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every house בַּ֖יִת (ba·yiṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house is closed סֻגַּ֥ר (sug·gar) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender to entry. מִבּֽוֹא׃ (mib·bō·w) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go Links Isaiah 24:10 NIVIsaiah 24:10 NLT Isaiah 24:10 ESV Isaiah 24:10 NASB Isaiah 24:10 KJV Isaiah 24:10 BibleApps.com Isaiah 24:10 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 24:10 Chinese Bible Isaiah 24:10 French Bible Isaiah 24:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 24:10 The confused city is broken down (Isa Isi Is) |