Isaiah 24:10

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

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Interpretation

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.

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This thought runs through Isaiah 24:9-10.

Isaiah 24:9 Isaiah 24:10

Glossary

City People: The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).