Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, July 26th, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Bishop's Bible

Isaiah 24:10

The citie of vanitie is broken downe, euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Worldliness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chaos;   City of Confusion (Chaos);   Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - City of Confusion;   Confusion;   Desert;   Isaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The city of chaos is shattered;every house is closed to entry.
Hebrew Names Version
The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
King James Version
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
English Standard Version
The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter.
New American Standard Bible
The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
New Century Version
The ruined city will be empty, and people will hide behind closed doors.
Amplified Bible
The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
World English Bible
The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The citie of vanitie is broken downe: euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.
Legacy Standard Bible
The city of chaos is broken down;Every house is shut up so that none may enter.
Berean Standard Bible
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
Contemporary English Version
Towns are crushed and in chaos; houses are locked tight.
Complete Jewish Bible
The city of chaos is shattered, every house closed up; no one can enter.
Darby Translation
The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Total Confusion" is a good name for this city. The city has been destroyed. People cannot enter the houses. The doors are blocked.
George Lamsa Translation
The city is plundered, every wine cellar is shut up, so that no one may come in.
Good News Translation
In the city everything is in chaos, and people lock themselves in their houses for safety.
Lexham English Bible
The city of emptiness is broken; every house is shut so that no one can enter;
Literal Translation
The city of shame is broken down; every house is shut, that no one may enter.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the wicked cities shalbe broken downe, all houses shalbe shut, that no man maye come in.
American Standard Version
The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Bible in Basic English
The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.
King James Version (1611)
The city of confusion is broken downe: euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter.
English Revised Version
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The citee of vanyte is al to-brokun; ech hous is closid, for no man entrith.
Update Bible Version
The waste 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.
New English Translation
The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.
New King James Version
The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
New Living Translation
The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders.
New Life Bible
The city of trouble is broken down. Every house is shut up so no one may go in.
New Revised Standard
The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that no one can enter.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Broken down is the city of desolation, - Shut up every house that it cannot be entered.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.
Revised Standard Version
The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that none can enter.
Young's Literal Translation
It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter.

Contextual Overview

1 Beholde, the Lord maketh the earth waste and emptie, he turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abrode the inhabitours therof. 2 And the priest shalbe as the people, and the maister as the seruaunt, the mistresse lyke the mayde, the seller lyke the byer, he that lendeth vpon vsurie, like him that boroweth vpon vsurie, the creditour as the dettour. 3 The lande shalbe cleane wasted and vtterly spoyled: for so the Lorde hath spoken. 4 The earth is sory and consumeth away, the worlde is feeble & perisheth, the proude people of the earth are come to naught. 5 The earth also is become vnprofitable vnder the inhabitours therof, which haue transgressed the lawes, chaunged the ordinaunce, broken the euerlastyng couenaunt. 6 Therfore hath the curse consumed the earth, and they that dwell therin are fallen into trespasse: Wherfore the inhabitours of the earth are perished with drought, and fewe men are left behinde. 7 The wine fayleth, the vine hath no myght, all they that haue ben mery of heart are come to mournyng. 8 The myrth of tabrettes is layde downe, the noyse of such as haue made mery is ceassed, the ioy at the harpe is at an ende. 9 They shall drynke no more wine with mirth, strong drynke shalbe bytter to them that drinke it. 10 The citie of vanitie is broken downe, euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

city: Isaiah 24:12, Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 32:14, Isaiah 34:13-15, 2 Kings 25:4, 2 Kings 25:9, 2 Kings 25:10, Jeremiah 39:4, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:7, Jeremiah 52:13, Jeremiah 52:14, Micah 2:13, Micah 3:12, Luke 19:43, Luke 21:24

of confusion: Genesis 11:9, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Matthew 23:34, Matthew 23:35, Revelation 11:7, Revelation 11:8, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 17:6, Revelation 18:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:31 - And I will make Isaiah 1:7 - country Daniel 9:2 - the desolations Micah 6:9 - Lord's

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Tarah toke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wyfe, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldees, that they myght go into the land of Chanaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh:
Genesis 24:4
But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac.
Genesis 24:5
But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym: peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande, shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of?
Genesis 24:6
To whom Abraham aunswered: beware that thou bring not my sonne thyther agayne.
Genesis 24:8
Neuerthelesse, if the woman wyl not folowe thee, then shalt thou be cleare from this my othe: onlye bring not my sonne thyther agayne.
Genesis 24:9
And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister, and sware to hym as concernyng yt matter.
Genesis 24:10
And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor.
Genesis 24:22
And as the Camelles had left drinking, the man tooke a golden earring of halfe a sickle wayght, and two bracelettes for her handes, of ten sickles wayght of golde,
Genesis 24:23
And sayde: whose daughter art thou? tell me I pray thee: is there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The city of confusion is broken down,.... Or "of vanity", as the Vulgate Latin version; or of "emptiness" or "desolation"; the word is "tohu", used in Genesis 1:2 this is to be understood not of Bethel, where one of Jeroboam's calves was, called Bethaven, or "the house of vanity"; nor Samaria, the chief city of the ten tribes; nor Jerusalem; but mystical Babylon, whose name signifies "confusion"; even the city of Rome, in which there is nothing but disorder and irregularity, no truth, justice, or religion; a city of vanity, full of superstition and idolatry, and devoted to ruin and desolation; and will be broke to pieces by the judgments of God, which will come upon it in one hour, Revelation 18:8:

every house is shut up, that no man may come in: or, "from coming in"; not for fear of the enemy, and to keep him out; but because there are no inhabitants in them, being all destroyed by one means or another, by fire or sword, or famine or pestilence, so that there is none to go in or out.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The city of confusion - That Jerusalem is here intended there can be no doubt. The name ‘city of confusion.’ is probably given to it by anticipation of what it would be; that is, as it appeared in prophetic vision to Isaiah (see the note at Isaiah 1:1). He gave to it a name that would describe its state when these calamities should have come upon it. The word rendered ‘confusion’ (תהו tôhû) does not denote disorder or anarchy, but is a word expressive of emptiness, vanity, destitution of form, waste. It occurs Genesis 1:2 : ‘And the earth was without form.’ In Job 26:7, it is rendered ‘the empty place;’ in 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 45:18-19, ‘in vain;’ and usually ‘emptiness,’ ‘vanity’, ‘confusion’ (see Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 40:17; Isaiah 41:29). In Job 12:24; Psalms 107:40, it denotes a wilderness. Here it means that the city would be desolate, empty, and depopulated.

Is broken down - Its walls and dwellings are in ruins.

Every house is shut up - That is, either because every man, fearful of danger, would fasten his doors so that enemies could not enter; or more probably, the entrance to every house would be so obstructed by ruins as to render it impossible to enter it.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile