Isaiah 24:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
American King James Version (AKJV)
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
American Standard Version (ASV)
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
Webster's Revision
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
World English Bible
The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
English Revised Version (ERV)
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Barnes's Isaiah 24:12 Bible Commentary
And the gate is smitten with destruction - The word rendered 'destruction' may denote 'a crash' (Gesenius). The idea is, that the gates of the city, once so secure, are how battered down and demolished, so that the enemy ran enter freely. Thus far is a description of the calamities that would come upon the nation. The following verses show that, though the desolation would be general, a few of the inhabitants would be left - circumstance thrown in to mitigate the prospect. of the impending ruin.
