Isaiah 24:12

12 The city will be left in ruins, and its gates will be smashed to pieces.

Isaiah 24:12 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 24:12

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 Revelation 18:8 ) : 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.

Isaiah 24:12 In-Context

10 The ruined city will be empty, and people will hide behind closed doors.

11 People in the streets will ask for wine, but joy will have turned to sadness; all the happiness will have left.

12 The city will be left in ruins, and its gates will be smashed to pieces.

13 This is what will happen all over the earth and to all the nations. The earth will be like an olive tree after the harvest or like the few grapes left on a vine after harvest.

14 The people shout for joy. From the west they praise the greatness of the Lord.