Bible Strands
Isaiah 24:22
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet speaks on behalf of the LORD regarding the judgment that follows the punishment of the host of heaven and earthly kings. This declaration addresses the gathered nations under divine scrutiny before the LORD’s reign is established on Mount Zion and Jerusalem.
The words — The Hebrew אַסִּיר (‘a.Sir) denotes prisoners, while מַסְגֵּר (mas.Ger) specifies a confinement structure like a dungeon or pit. These terms ground the metaphor of divine judgment in tangible captivity.
The thread — The imagery of pit confinement echoes Jeremiah 38:6 and the dungeon captivity of Isaiah 42:22, while the promise of release from a waterless pit appears in Zechariah 9:11. These passages trace a consistent biblical motif of divine restraint followed by potential deliverance.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that divine judgment operates through enforced waiting and restraint before any resolution. Readers must confront the reality that accountability precedes the establishment of God’s reign.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Zechariah 9:11 As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
- Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
- Jeremiah 38:6 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Joshua 10:16 Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:22 Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
- Isaiah 2:19 Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Isaiah 10:4 Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 24:17 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:8 After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.