Isaiah 24:19

The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

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KJV

The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

ASV

The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.

YLT

Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.

DBT

The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.

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(Verse 19, 20.) For the gates from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken. The earth will be crushed to pieces, shattered, and shaken. It will be thrown into agitation like a drunkard, and it will be taken away like a temporary shelter, and its own iniquity will weigh it down, and it will fall and not be able to rise again.

Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420patristic

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The earth is utterly broken down,.... Still alluding to the deluge, when the earth broke in upon the waters under it, if Mr. Burnet's theory of the earth can be supported: the earth is clean dissolved; it will be an entire dissolution, nothing shall remain; all these things, as Peter says, the heavens and the earth, and all in them, shall be dissolved, 2Pe 3:11, the earth is moved exceedingly; out of its place and form, and shall fall into its original chaos and confusion.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

The earth is utterly broken down - The effect as it were of an earthquake where everything is thrown into commotion and ruin. The earth is moved exceedingly - Everything in this verse is intense and emphatic.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

It is the transgression thereof that shall be heavy upon it. Note, Sin is a burden to the whole creation; it is a heavy burden, a burden under which it groans now and will sink at last. Sin is the ruin of states, and kingdoms, and families; they fall under the weight of that talent of lead, Zech. v. 7, 8 .

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Jeremiah 4:23
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
Psalms 97:5
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
Psalms 75:3
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
Matthew 24:7
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Isaiah 34:4–10
All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
Psalms 99:1
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Isaiah 24:1–5
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
Deuteronomy 11:6
and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
Job 9:6
He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

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About this book

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Isaiah — The gospel prophet — a Judean court-prophet across Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (c. 740–700 BC) who sees past Assyria to Babylon and past Babylon to the Messiah. Sixty-six chapters divided into the Book of Judgment (1–39) and the Book of Comfort (40–66), climaxing in the Servant wounded for our transgressions.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Isaiah ben Amoz — Heb. Yəša'yāhû, 'Yahweh saves' (1:1); Jewish tradition (b. Megillah 10b; b. Yevamot 49b) holds he was of royal blood and was martyred 'sawn asunder' under Manasseh — a tradition, not Scripture
Date: Ministry c. 740–700 BC — call 'in the year that king Uzziah died' (6:1) through Sennacherib's 701 BC siege of Jerusalem (36–37); spanning the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (1:1)

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
leads to
- Revelation 21:1
  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
- 2 Peter 3:7
  And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Matthew 25:31
  When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- Daniel 2:35
  Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found.…
- Romans 2:5
  But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Through
Deuteronomy 11:6
and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents,…
leads to
- Numbers 26:9–10
  and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the…
- Psalms 106:17
  The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
Through
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
leads to
- Micah 1:4
  The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

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