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Isaiah 24:20

The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

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ASV

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נ֣וֹעַNo.a'wildly <stagger>H5128 →
תָּנ֤וּעַta.Nu.a'it will staggerH5128 →
אֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retz[the] earthH776 →
כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹרka.shi.Korlike <the> drunkardH7910 →
וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖הve.hit.no.Dahand it will swayH5110 →
כַּמְּלוּנָ֑הka.me.lu.Nahlike <the> hutH4412 →
וְכָבַ֤דve.kha.Vadand it will be heavyH3513 →
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
פִּשְׁעָ֔הּpish.'Ahtransgression itsH6588 →
וְנָפְלָ֖הve.na.fe.Lahand it will fallH5307 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תֹסִ֥יףto.Sifit will repeatH3254 →
קֽוּם׃ סKumto riseH6965 →

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Isaiah 19:14The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.Daniel 11:19After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—Amos 8:14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.Hosea 4:1–5Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!Job 12:25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.Zechariah 5:5–8Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,Genesis 41:31The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.Isaiah 43:27Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.Jeremiah 25:27“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’Isaiah 38:12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.Isaiah 1:8And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

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