Catholic Public Domain Version
"The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters. "
— Isaiah 24:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.”
“The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in. ”
“The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.”
“The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.”
“The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.”
“The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.”
“The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.”
The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.