Isaiah 24:22

22 They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished[a] after many days.

Isaiah 24:22 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
English Standard Version (ESV)
22 They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
New Living Translation (NLT)
22 They will be rounded up and put in prison. They will be shut up in prison and will finally be punished.
The Message Bible (MSG)
22 They'll be rounded up like prisoners in a jail, Corralled and locked up in a jail, and then sentenced and put to hard labor.
American Standard Version (ASV)
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
22 They'll be gathered like prisoners in a jail and locked in prison. After a long time they'll be punished.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
22 They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon; after many days they will be punished.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
22 They will be brought together like prisoners in chains. They'll be locked up in prison. After many days the LORD will punish them.

Isaiah 24:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 24:22

And they shall be gathered together
First to the battle of the great day of God Almighty at Armageddon, ( Revelation 16:14 Revelation 16:16 ) ( Revelation 19:19 ) and there being overcome and taken, they shall be gathered together [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the
prison;
in the prison or the grave, and in hell; as captives are, till such time as something is determined and ordered what to be done with them: and after many days shall they be visited;
or punished, that is, after the thousand years are ended, when the wicked dead will be all raised; after the battle of Gog and Magog, when Satan, the beast, and false prophet, and all their adherents, shall be cast into the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, ( Revelation 19:20 Revelation 19:21 ) ( Revelation 20:5 Revelation 20:8-10 ) .

Isaiah 24:22 In-Context

20 The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls—never to rise again.
21 In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.
23 The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders—with great glory.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Isaiah 10:4
  • 2. Isaiah 42:7,22; Luke 8:31; Revelation 20:7-10
  • 3. Ezekiel 38:8

Footnotes 1

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