10 The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.

Other Translations of Isaiah 24:10

King James Version

10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

English Standard Version

10 The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter.

The Message

10 The chaotic cities are unlivable. Anarchy reigns. Every house is boarded up, condemned.

New King James Version

10 The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.

New Living Translation

10 The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 24:10

Commentary on Isaiah 24:1-12

(Read Isaiah 24:1-12)

All whose treasures and happiness are laid up on earth, will soon be brought to want and misery. It is good to apply to ourselves what the Scripture says of the vanity and vexation of spirit which attend all things here below. Sin has turned the earth upside down; the earth is become quite different to man, from what it was when God first made it to be his habitation. It is, at the best, like a flower, which withers in the hands of those that please themselves with it, and lay it in their bosoms. The world we live in is a world of disappointment, a vale of tears; the children of men in it are but of few days, and full of trouble, See the power of God's curse, how it makes all empty, and lays waste all ranks and conditions. Sin brings these calamities upon the earth; it is polluted by the sins of men, therefore it is made desolate by God's judgments. Carnal joy will soon be at end, and the end of it is heaviness. God has many ways to imbitter wine and strong drink to those who love them; distemper of body, anguish of mind, and the ruin of the estate, will make strong drink bitter, and the delights of sense tasteless. Let men learn to mourn for sin, and rejoice in God; then no man, no event, can take their joy from them.