Isaiah 24:20
Ha'aretz shall stagger to and fro like a shikkor (drunkard), 1 and shall shake like a melunah (watchmanʼs hut); 1 and the peysha (transgression) thereof shall be heavy upon it; 1 and it shall fall, and not rise again. 1
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Genesis 41:31And the sava shall not be known in the land by reason of that ra'av (famine) following; for it shall be kaved me'od (very grievous).
Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like a shikkor, 1 and were at their witʼs end. 1
Isaiah 1:28And the destruction of the poshe'im and of the chote'im shall be together, 1 and they that forsake Hashem shall be consumed. 1
Isaiah 19:14Hashem hath poured a ruach iv'im (spirit of dizziness) 1 in the midst thereof, 1 causing Mitzrayim to go astray in every ma'aseh thereof, 1 as a shikkor staggereth in his vomit. 1
Isaiah 38:12Mine dwelling is pulled up, 1 and is sent into the Golus from me like ohel ro'i; 1 As an oreg (weaver) I rolled up my life; 1 He would have cut me loose from the roll; 1 from yom even to lailah wilt Thou make an end of me. 1
Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and, hinei, they quaked, 1 and all the hills had crumbled. 1
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 →