Isaiah 24:20
The earth staggereth—staggereth like a drunken man, And rocketh to and fro like a night-hut,—So shall be heavy upon her, her transgression, And she shall fall and not again rise.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19The earth breaketh, breaketh,—The earth crasheth, crasheth, The earth tottereth, tottereth;
Cross References
Genesis 41:31neither shall the plenty in the land be discernible, because of that famine coming after,—for it shall be, very severe.
Psalms 107:27They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,
Isaiah 1:28And the downfall of transgressors and sinners, shall be, together,—And, they who forsake Yahweh, shall be brought to an end;
Isaiah 19:14Yahweh, hath infused in her midst, a spirit of perverseness,—And they have led Egypt astray into all his own doings, As a drunken man staggereth into his own vomit;
Isaiah 38:12My dwelling, hath been broken up. And is stripped from me, like a shepherd’s tent,—I have rolled up—as a weaver—my life From the loom, doth he cut me off, From day until night, [I said] —Thou wilt finish me.
Jeremiah 4:24I beheld, The mountains, and lo! they were trembling,—And all the hills, had been violently moved:
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 →