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Isaiah 24:10

NETBible	The ruined town¹ is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.²
NIV © biblegateway Isa 24:10	The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 24:10	The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 24:10	The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out looters.
MSG © biblegateway Isa 24:10	The chaotic cities are unlivable. Anarchy reigns. Every house is boarded up, condemned.
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 24:10	The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 24:10	The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that no one can enter.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 24:10	The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
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KJV	The city <07151> of confusion <08414> is broken down <07665> (8738)_: every house <01004> is shut up <05462> (8795)_, that no man may come in <0935> (8800)_.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 24:10	The city <07151> of chaos <08414> is broken <07665> down <07665> ; Every <03605> house <01004> is shut <05462> up so <04480> that none <04480> may enter <0935> .
LXXM	hrhmwyh <2049> V-API-3S pasa <3956> A-NSF poliv <4172> N-NSF kleisei <2808> V-FAI-3S oikian <3614> N-ASF tou <3588> T-GSM mh <3165> ADV eiselyein <1525> V-AAN
NET [draft] ITL	The ruined <08414> town <07151> is shattered <07665> ; all <03605> of the houses <01004> are shut up <05462> tight <0935> .
HEBREW	awbm <0935> tyb <01004> lk <03605> rgo <05462> wht <08414> tyrq <07151> hrbsn (24:10) <07665>

NETBible

The ruined town¹ is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the city of chaos” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV). Isaiah uses the term תֹּהוּ (tohu) rather frequently of things (like idols) that are empty and worthless (see BDB 1062 s.v.), so the word might characterize the city as rebellious or morally worthless. However, in this context, which focuses on the effects of divine judgment, it probably refers to the ruined or worthless condition in which the city is left (note the use of the word in Isa 34:11). For a discussion of the identity of this city, see R. Chisholm, “The ‘Everlasting Covenant’ and the ‘City of Chaos’: Intentional Ambiguity and Irony in Isaiah 24,” CTR 6 (1993): 237-53. In the context of universal judgment depicted in Isa 24, this city represents all the nations and cities of the world which, like Babylon of old and the powers/cities mentioned in chapters 13-23, rebel against God’s authority. Behind the stereotypical language one can detect various specific manifestations of this symbolic and paradigmatic city, including Babylon, Moab, and Jerusalem, all of which are alluded or referred to in chapters 24-27.

²tn Heb “every house is closed up from entering.”