Isaiah 24:20

The earth reeleth like a drunkard, It moveth to and fro like a hammock; For her iniquity lieth heavy upon her, And she shall fall and rise no more.

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In The King James Version

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

In Context

19The earth is utterly broken down; The earth is shattered in pieces; The earth is violently moved from her place.

21In that day will Jehovah punish the host of the high ones that are on high, And the kings of the earth upon the earth.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:27They reel and stagger like a drunken man, And all their skill is vain.

Isaiah 1:28But destruction shall fall at once on the rebels and sinners; Yea, they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

Isaiah 19:14Jehovah hath mingled within her a spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all her works, As a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.

Isaiah 38:12My habitation is torn away and removed from me, Like a shepherd's tent; My life is rolled up as by the weaver; He cutteth me off from the thrum; Between morning and night wilt thou make an end of me!”

Jeremiah 4:24I look to the mountains, and lo! they tremble, And all the hills shake.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:17-23

Encouraging Prospects; Degeneracy Predicted. ( b. c. 718.) 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of… Read the whole commentary →

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