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Isaiah 24:10 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Isaiah 24:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 24 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.”
Isaiah 24:10 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 24:10
The city of confusion is broken down—qiryat tohu (קִרְיַת תֹּהוּ) literally means "city of emptiness/chaos." Tohu appears in Genesis 1:2 describing pre-creation chaos ("without form")—judgment returns creation to primordial disorder. The city represents human civilization organized in rebellion against God (Gen 11:4, Babel's tower-city). Broken down uses shabar (שָׁבַר), depicting violent demolition—walls breached, structures collapsed.Every house is shut up, that no man may come in—sagar (סָגַר, "shut up") indicates sealing or closing, possibly from plague quarantine (Lev 13:4) or defensive m...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 24:10
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“saying”
“MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
“when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them”
“and the plumb line of emptiness.”
“and all the men of war fled”
“the days come”
“and the houses of the people”
“because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there”
“when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you”
“nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals”