Isaiah 24:12

12 The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.

Isaiah 24:12 in Other Translations

12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

12 Desolation is left in the city; the gates are battered into ruins.

12 The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.

12 The city is dead and deserted, bulldozed into piles of rubble.

12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

12 The city is left in ruins. Its gate is battered to pieces.

12 Only desolation remains in the city; its gate has collapsed in ruins.

12 All of the buildings will be knocked down. Every city gate 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 lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.

11 In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.

12 The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.

13 So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.

14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD’s majesty.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 19:18
• 2. S Isaiah 3:26; S Isaiah 13:2