Isa 24:10-12 | JFB | STEP | 10. city of confusion-- rather, "desolation." What Jerusalem would be; by anticipation it is called so. Horsley translates, "The city is broken down; it is a ruin." shut up-- through fear; or rather, "choked up by ruins."

‏ Isaiah 24:10-12

10. city of confusion--rather, "desolation." What Jerusalem would be; by anticipation it is called so. Horsley translates, "The city is broken down; it is a ruin."

shut up--through fear; or rather, "choked up by ruins."

11. crying for wine--to drown their sorrows in drink (Is 16:9); Joe 1:5, written about the same time, resembles this.

12. with destruction--rather "crash" [Gesenius]. "With a great tumult the gate is battered down" [Horsley].