Add parallel Print Page Options

10 Broken down is the city of chaos,[a]
    every house is shut against entry.(A)
11 In the streets they cry out for lack of wine;
    all joy has grown dim,
    cheer is exiled from the land.(B)
12 In the city nothing remains but desolation,
    gates battered into ruins.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 24:10 City of chaos: a godless city which appears several times in chaps. 24–27; see note on 24:1–27:13.