Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The city of chaos is shattered;
every house is closed to entry.

New American Standard Bible

The city of chaos is broken down;
Every house is shut up so that none may enter.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

The chaotic city lies broken down; every house is closed up so that no one can enter them.

A Conservative Version

The waste city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

American Standard Version

The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

Amplified


The city of chaos is broken down;
Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.

Bible in Basic English

The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.

Darby Translation

The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.

Julia Smith Translation

The city of desolation was broken down: every house was shut up from coining in.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] city of emptiness is broken; every house is shut {so that no one can enter};

Modern King James verseion

The city of shame is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may come in.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

the wicked cities shall be broken down, all houses shall be shut that no man may come in.

NET Bible

The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.

New Heart English Bible

The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

The Emphasized Bible

Broken down is the city of desolation, - Shut up every house that it cannot be entered.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

Youngs Literal Translation

It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The city
קריה 
Qiryah 
Usage: 31

תּהוּ 
Tohuw 
Usage: 20

שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

is shut up
סגר 
Cagar 
Usage: 93

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Judgment On The Earth

9 They no longer sing and drink wine;
beer is bitter to those who drink it.
10 The city of chaos is shattered;
every house is closed to entry.
11 In the streets they cry for wine.
All joy grows dark;
earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.


Cross References

Genesis 11:9

Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

2 Kings 25:4

Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,

2 Kings 25:9-10

He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

Isaiah 23:1

An oracle against Tyre:

Wail, ships of Tarshish,
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Isaiah 24:12

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

Isaiah 25:2

For You have turned the city into a pile of rocks,
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city;
it will never be rebuilt.

Isaiah 27:10

For the fortified city will be deserted,
pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness.
Calves will graze there,
and there they will spread out and strip its branches.

Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be forsaken,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,

Isaiah 34:11

The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.

Isaiah 34:13-15

Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode for ostriches.

Jeremiah 9:25-26

“The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:

Jeremiah 39:4

When he saw them, Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:7

Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled. They left the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. They made their way along the route to the Arabah.

Jeremiah 52:13-14

He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.

Micah 2:13

One who breaks open the way
will advance before them;
they will break out, pass through the gate,
and leave by it.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord as their leader.

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the hill of the temple mount
will be a thicket.

Matthew 23:34-35

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

Luke 19:43

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

Luke 21:24

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Revelation 11:7-8

When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them.

Revelation 17:5-6

On her forehead a cryptic name was written:

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.

Revelation 18:2

He cried in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.

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