Isaiah 24:20 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- God's kingdom advanced by his judgmentsBelievers may be driven into the uttermost parts of the earth; but they are singing, not sighing. Here is terror to sinners; the prophet laments the miseries...
Parallel Passages
- Isaiah 1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Isaiah 19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
- Isaiah 29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
- Daniel 11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
- Psalms 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- Psalms 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
- Isaiah 1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
- Isaiah 1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
- Isaiah 5:7–30 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. …
- Isaiah 38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Isaiah 43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
- Jeremiah 8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
- Jeremiah 25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
- Lamentations 1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
- Hosea 4:1–5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. …
- Zechariah 5:5–8 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. …
- Matthew 23:35–36 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. …
- Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
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Topics
- Booth Watchmen
- Earth Destruction of
- Earthquakes As judgments
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The earth אֶרֶץ ʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- shall reel נוֹעַ nôaʿ נוּעַ Verb · qal infinitive absolute
- to and fro תָּנוּעַ tānûaʿ נוּעַ Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular
- like a drunkard כַּשִּׁכּוֹר kaššikkôr שִׁכּוֹר Adjective · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- and shall be removed וְהִתְנוֹדְדָה wĕhitnôdĕdâ נוּד Verb · hithpolel sequential perfect, third person feminine singular · with and
- like a cottage כַּמְּלוּנָה kammĕlûnâ מְלוּנָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
- and the transgression עָלֶיהָ ʿālêhā Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular פִּשְׁעָהּ pišʿāh פֶּשַׁע Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- thereof shall be heavy וְכָבַד wĕkābad כָּבַד Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- upon it; and it shall fall וְנָפְלָה wĕnāpĕlâ נָפַל Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person feminine singular · with and
- and not rise וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and קוּם qûm קוּם Verb · qal infinitive construct
- again תֹסִיף tōsîp יָסַף Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person feminine singular
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