Isaiah 24 · Verse 2

Isaiah 24:2

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Isaiah 24:2, King James Version

Isaiah 24:2 in other translations

BSBpeople and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
WEBIt will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
ASVAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
YLTAnd it hath been--as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself.
DARBYAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
BBEAnd it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.
WebsterAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

What does Isaiah 24:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. as with the people, so with the priest--All alike shall share the same calamity: no favored class shall escape (compare Eze 7:12, 13; Ho 4:9; Re 6:15).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 24:1-12

The desolation of the land. (Is. 24:1-12) A few shall be preserved. (Is. 24:13-15) God's kingdom advanced by his judgments. (Is. 24:16-23) Verses 1-12 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. Sin has turned the earth upside down; the…

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Isaiah 24:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
כָעָם֙kha.'Amas the peopleH5971
כַּכֹּהֵ֔ןka.ko.Henas the priestH3548
כַּעֶ֙בֶד֙ka.'E.vedas the servantH5650
כַּֽאדֹנָ֔יוka.do.Navas master<s> hisH113
כַּשִּׁפְחָ֖הka.shif.Chahas the maidservantH8198
כַּגְּבִרְתָּ֑הּka.ge.vir.Tahas <the> mistress herH1404
כַּקּוֹנֶה֙ka.ko.Nehas the buyerH7069
כַּמּוֹכֵ֔רka.mo.Kheras the sellerH4376
כַּמַּלְוֶה֙ka.mal.Vehas the lenderH3867
כַּלֹּוֶ֔הka.lo.Vehas the borrowerH3867
כַּנֹּשֶׁ֕הka.no.Shehas the creditorH5383
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sheras [the one] whoH834
נֹשֶׁ֥אno.She'a creditorH5378
בֽוֹ\׃vo[is] in him

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Cross references for Isaiah 24:2

  • Hosea 4:9

    And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

  • Ezekiel 7:12-13

    The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

  • Lamentations 5:12-14

    Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

  • Jeremiah 42:18

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

  • Isaiah 5:15

    And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

  • Isaiah 3:2-8

    The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. …

  • Ezekiel 14:8-10

    And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

  • 2 Chronicles 36:14-17

    Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

  • Isaiah 2:9

    And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

  • Jeremiah 41:2

    Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

  • Genesis 41:50

    And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

  • Isaiah 9:14-17

    Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as with the people.
2:9; 3:2-8; 5:15; 9:14-17; 2Ch 36:14-17,20; Jer 5:3-6; 23:11-13
Jer 41:2; 42:18; 44:11-13; 52:24-30; La 4:13; 5:12-14; Eze 7:12,13
Eze 14:8-10; Da 9:5-8; Ho 4:9; Eph 6:8,9
priest. or, prince.
Ge 41:50; *marg:

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Context

  • Isaiah 24:1

    Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

  • Isaiah 24:2

    And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

  • Isaiah 24:3

    The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

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Isaiah 24:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y será como el pueblo, tal el sacerdote; como el siervo, tal su señor; como la criada, tal su señora; tal el que compra, como el que vende; tal el que da emprestado, como el que toma prestado; tal el que da á logro, como el que lo recibe.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il en sera, comme du peuple, ainsi du sacrificateur; comme du serviteur, ainsi de son maître; comme de la servante, ainsi de sa maîtresse; comme de l’acheteur, ainsi du vendeur; comme du prêteur, ainsi de l’emprunteur; de celui qui prête à usure, comme de celui à qui est fait un prêt à usure.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wie dem Volke, so ergeht es dem Priester; wie dem Knechte, so seinem Herrn; wie der Magd, so ihrer Gebieterin; wie dem Käufer, so dem Verkäufer; wie dem Leiher, so dem Borger; wie dem Schuldner, so seinem Gläubiger.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos; et sicut servus, sic dominus ejus; sicut ancilla, sic domina ejus; sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit; sicut fœnerator, sic is qui mutuum accipit; sicut qui repetit, sic qui debet.