That is the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So that place is called Babel. [68] So the Lord caused the people to spread out from that place to all the other places on earth.
Isaiah 24:10 - Easy To Read Version “Total Confusion” is a good name for this city. The city has been destroyed. People can’t enter the houses. The doors are blocked. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wasted city of emptiness and confusion is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may enter. American Standard Version (1901) The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Common English Bible The town is in chaos, broken; every house is shut, without entrance. Catholic Public Domain Version The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The city of vanity is broken down: every house is shut up: no man cometh in. |
That is the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So that place is called Babel. [68] So the Lord caused the people to spread out from that place to all the other places on earth.
Nebuchadnezzar’s army finally broke through the city wall. That night King Zedekiah and all his soldiers ran away. They used the {secret} gate that went through the double walls. It was by the king’s garden. The enemy soldiers were all around the city, but Zedekiah and his men escaped on the road to the desert.
The sad message about Tyre: You ships from Tarshish, {\cf2\super [219]} be sad! Your harbor has been destroyed. (The people on these ships were told this news while on their way from the land of Kittim.) {\cf2\super [220]}
You have destroyed the city.\par It was a city protected by strong walls.\par But now it is only a pile of rocks.\par The foreign palace has been destroyed.\par It will never be built again.\par
But the Lord will destroy the proud city.\par And he will punish the people living there.\par The Lord will throw that high city down to the ground.\par It will fall into the dust.\par
At that time, the great city will be empty—it will be like a desert. All the people will be gone—they will run away. That city will be like an open pasture. Young cattle will eat grass there. The cattle will eat leaves from the branches of the vines.
People will leave the capital city. The palace and towers will be left empty. People will not live in houses—they will live in caves. Wild donkeys and sheep will live in the city—animals will go there to eat grass.
But before these things happen, the forest must fall. That city must be defeated.
Birds and small animals will own that land. Owls and ravens will live there. That land will be called “Empty Desert.” {\cf2\super [321]}
Zedekiah king of Judah saw those officials from Babylon, so he and the soldiers with him ran away. They left Jerusalem at night. They went out through the king’s garden and out through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they went toward the desert.
The army of Babylon set fire to the king’s house and the houses of the people of Jerusalem. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
On that day, the army of Babylon broke into Jerusalem. The soldiers of Jerusalem ran away. They left the city at night. They went through the gate between the two walls. That gate was near the king’s garden. Even though the army of Babylon had surrounded the city, the soldiers of Jerusalem still ran away. They ran away toward the desert.
Then the “Crasher” will push through\par and walk to the front of his people\par They will break through the gates.\par and leave \{that city\}.\par They will leave\par with their King marching before them.\par with the Lord at the front of his people.\par
\{Leaders,\} because of you,\par Zion {\cf2\super [45]} will be destroyed.\par It will become a plowed field.\par Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks.\par Temple Mount will be an empty hill {\cf2\super [46]} overgrown with bushes.\par
A time is coming when your enemies will build a wall around you. Your enemies will hold you on all sides.
Some of the people will be killed by soldiers. Other people will be made prisoners and taken to every country. The holy city of Jerusalem will be walked on by non-Jewish people until their time is finished.