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Sunday, August 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Isaiah 24:12
In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Only desolation remains in the city;its gate has collapsed in ruins.
Only desolation remains in the city;its gate has collapsed in ruins.
Hebrew Names Version
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
King James Version
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
English Standard Version
Desolation is left in the city; the gates are battered into ruins.
Desolation is left in the city; the gates are battered into ruins.
New American Standard Bible
Desolation is left in the city And the gate is battered to ruins.
Desolation is left in the city And the gate is battered to ruins.
New Century Version
The city will be left in ruins, and its gates will be smashed to pieces.
The city will be left in ruins, and its gates will be smashed to pieces.
Amplified Bible
Horrible desolation is left in the city, And the gate is battered into ruins.
Horrible desolation is left in the city, And the gate is battered into ruins.
World English Bible
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Legacy Standard Bible
Desolation remains in the city,And the gate is struck down to ruins.
Desolation remains in the city,And the gate is struck down to ruins.
Berean Standard Bible
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
Contemporary English Version
Cities are destroyed; their gates are torn down.
Cities are destroyed; their gates are torn down.
Complete Jewish Bible
In the city, only desolation, its gates are battered beyond repair.
In the city, only desolation, its gates are battered beyond repair.
Darby Translation
desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten,—a ruin.
desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten,—a ruin.
Easy-to-Read Version
All that is left is destruction. Even the gates are crushed.
All that is left is destruction. Even the gates are crushed.
George Lamsa Translation
The city is left in desolation, and its gates are broken with destruction.
The city is left in desolation, and its gates are broken with destruction.
Good News Translation
The city is in ruins, and its gates have been broken down.
The city is in ruins, and its gates have been broken down.
Lexham English Bible
Desolation is left in the city; the gate is crushed into a state of ruin.
Desolation is left in the city; the gate is crushed into a state of ruin.
Literal Translation
Desolation is remaining in the city, and a ruin; the gate is battered.
Desolation is remaining in the city, and a ruin; the gate is battered.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Desolacion shal remayne in the cities, and the gates shalbe smytten with waistnesse.
Desolacion shal remayne in the cities, and the gates shalbe smytten with waistnesse.
American Standard Version
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.
King James Version (1611)
In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And cities shall be left desolate, and houses being left shall fall to ruin.
And cities shall be left desolate, and houses being left shall fall to ruin.
English Revised Version
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Desolacioun is left in the citee, and wretchidnesse schal oppresse the yatis.
Desolacioun is left in the citee, and wretchidnesse schal oppresse the yatis.
Update Bible Version
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Webster's Bible Translation
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
New English Translation
The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble.
The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble.
New King James Version
In the city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with destruction.
In the city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with destruction.
New Living Translation
The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.
The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.
New Life Bible
The city is laid waste. The gate is broken to pieces.
The city is laid waste. The gate is broken to pieces.
New Revised Standard
Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
There is left in the city. desolation, - And to ruins, have been broken the gate.
There is left in the city. desolation, - And to ruins, have been broken the gate.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
Revised Standard Version
Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
Young's Literal Translation
Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten.
Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Desolation is left in the city And the gate is battered to ruins.
Desolation is left in the city And the gate is battered to ruins.
Contextual Overview
1 See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions. 2 And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it. 3 The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord. 4 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing. 5 The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken. 6 For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number. 7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief. 8 The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad. 9 There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it. 10 The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Isaiah 32:14, Jeremiah 9:11, Lamentations 1:1, Lamentations 1:4, Lamentations 2:9, Lamentations 5:18, Micah 1:9, Micah 1:12, Matthew 22:7
Reciprocal: Isaiah 5:6 - I will lay Isaiah 9:19 - is the land Isaiah 24:10 - city Jeremiah 4:27 - yet Jeremiah 34:22 - and I will Jeremiah 44:2 - a desolation Ezekiel 12:20 - General Amos 5:18 - the day of the Lord is
Cross-References
Genesis 15:1
After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
Genesis 24:11
And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
Genesis 24:16
She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.
She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.
Genesis 24:17
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
Genesis 24:27
And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
Genesis 24:42
And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,
And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,
Genesis 24:48
And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.
And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In the city is left desolation,.... And nothing else, palaces, houses, and temples burnt, and inhabitants destroyed; none but devils, foul spirits, and hateful and unclean birds, inhabiting it,
Revelation 18:2:
and the gate is smitten with destruction; or "gates", the singular for the plural; none passing and repassing through them, as formerly, and themselves utterly destroyed. This, according to Kimchi, shall be in the days of the Messiah, in the times of Gog and Magog.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the gate is smitten with destruction - The word rendered ‘destruction’ may denote ‘a crash’ (Gesenius). The idea is, that the gates of the city, once so secure, are how battered down and demolished, so that the enemy ran enter freely. Thus far is a description of the calamities that would come upon the nation. The following verses show that, though the desolation would be general, a few of the inhabitants would be left - circumstance thrown in to mitigate the prospect. of the impending ruin.
