Isaiah 24:21
New International Version
In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.

New Living Translation
In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens and the proud rulers of the nations on earth.

English Standard Version
On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.

Berean Standard Bible
In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

King James Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

New King James Version
It shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will punish on high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings of the earth.

New American Standard Bible
So it will happen on that day, That the LORD will punish the rebellious angels of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on earth.

NASB 1995
So it will happen in that day, That the LORD will punish the host of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on earth.

NASB 1977
So it will happen in that day, That the LORD will punish the host of heaven, on high, And the kings of the earth, on earth.

Legacy Standard Bible
So it will be in that day, That Yahweh will punish the host of heights on high, And the kings of the earth on earth.

Amplified Bible
So it will happen in that day That the LORD will visit and punish the host (fallen angels) of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on the earth.

Christian Standard Bible
On that day the LORD will punish the army of the heights in the heights and the kings of the ground on the ground.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and kings of the earth below.

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In that day LORD JEHOVAH shall command concerning the armies of the high place in the high place, and concerning the Kings of the Earth in the Earth

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God shall bring his hand upon the host of heaven, and upon the kings of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
On that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens and the kings of the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.

English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On that day the LORD will punish heaven's armies in heaven and earth's kings on earth.

Good News Translation
A time is coming when the LORD will punish the powers above and the rulers of the earth.

International Standard Version
"And it will come about at that time, the LORD will punish the armies of the exalted ones in the heavens, and the rulers of the earth on earth.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it shall come to pass in that day, That the LORD will punish the host of the high heaven on high, And the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Literal Standard Version
And it has come to pass in that day, | YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, | And on the kings of the earth on the earth.

Majority Standard Bible
In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

New American Bible
On that day the LORD will punish the host of the heavens in the heavens, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

NET Bible
At that time the LORD will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth.

New Revised Standard Version
On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven in heaven, and on earth the kings of the earth.

New Heart English Bible
It shall happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

World English Bible
It will happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land.

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Context
God's Judgment on the Earth
20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. 21 In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below. 22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.…

Cross References
Revelation 6:15
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Psalm 76:12
He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 2:12
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted--it will be humbled--

Isaiah 10:12
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Isaiah 13:11
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

Isaiah 24:4
The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

Isaiah 60:11
Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.


Treasury of Scripture

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

the Lord

Isaiah 10:25-27
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction…

Isaiah 14:1,2
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob…

Isaiah 25:10-12
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill…

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(21) The Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high . . .--The prophet's utterance becomes more and more apocalyptic. He sees more than the condemnation of the kings of earth. Jehovah visits also the "principalities and powers in heavenly places" (Ephesians 3:10) or "on high" (Ephesians 6:12). Perhaps identifying these spiritual evil powers with the gods whom the nations worshipped, and these again with the stars in the firmament, Isaiah foresees a time when their long-protracted rebellion shall come to an end, and all authority and power be put down under the might of Jehovah (1Corinthians 15:25). The antithetical parallelism of the two clauses is decisive against the interpretation which sees in the "high ones on high" only the representatives of earthly kingdoms, though we may admit that from the prophet's stand-point each rebel nation is thought of as swayed by a rebel spirit. (Comp. Daniel 10:20; Ecclesiasticus 17:14; and the LXX. of Deuteronomy 32:8 : "He set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God.") The same thought is found in a Rabbinic proverb, "God never destroys a nation without having first of all destroyed its prince" (Delitzsch, but without a reference). . . . Verses 21-23. - THE SUPRAMUNDANE JUDGMENT, AND FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S KINGDOM. Upon the destruction of the world there is to supervene a visitation of those who have been specially instrumental in producing the great wickedness that has brought the world to an end. These most guilty ones are classified under two heads: they consist of

(1) the host of the high ones that are on high (literally, "the host of the height in the height"); and

(2) the kings of the earth upon the earth. These are to be "gathered together in the pit," and "shut up in the prison," and finally, after a long imprisonment, punished (vers. 21, 22). Then the visible reign of the Lord of hosts is to be established "in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem," and he is to rule in the presence of his "ancients" in glory (ver. 23). Verse 21. - In that day. About that time - in connection with the series of events just related. The Lord shall punish the host of the high ones. It is generally allowed that these high ones, set m contrast as they are with the "kings of the earth," must belong to the class of supramundane intelligences, spiritual beings of a high order. Some have inclined to identify them with the "patron-spirits of nations," spoken of by Daniel (Daniel 10:13, 20, 21); but those "patron-spirits" are among the elect and unfallen angels; they protect nations, but do not lead them into sin or wickedness; they have no need to be "visited," and will certainly not be "shut up in prison" with the wicked kings of the earth. The spirits here spoken of must belong to the class of fallen spirits - they must be included among those "principalities and powers," of whom St. Paul speaks (Ephesians 6:12), whom he calls "the rulers of the darkness of this world," and to whom he ascribes "spiritual wickedness in high places." The punishment of such spirits is, perhaps, shadowed forth in the eighty-second psalm; it was distinctly taught in the Book of Enoch; and it is glanced at by St. Jude in his Epistle (ver. 6). And the kings. Kings, especially kings in the Oriental sense, have an enormous influence over the nations which they govern, and therefore a heavy responsibility. The kings of the nations are viewed here as having brought about the general corruption and wickedness which has necessitated the destruction of the earth.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In that
הַה֔וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will punish
יִפְקֹ֧ד (yip̄·qōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

the host
צְבָ֥א (ṣə·ḇā)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

of heaven
הַמָּר֖וֹם (ham·mā·rō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4791: Altitude

above
בַּמָּר֑וֹם (bam·mā·rō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4791: Altitude

and the kings
מַלְכֵ֥י (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of the earth
הָאֲדָמָ֖ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 127: Ground, land

below.
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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