Isaiah 24:20

New English Translation

The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.

Cross References

Genesis 41:31

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

Job 12:25

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

Psalm 107:27

They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

Psalm 38:4

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Isaiah 1:28

All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Isaiah 1:8

Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.

Isaiah 24:1

Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

Isaiah 28:7

Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer – priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

Isaiah 29:9

You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

Isaiah 43:27

The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

Isaiah 66:24

“They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent.”

Jeremiah 25:27

Then the Lord said to me, “Tell them that the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can’t get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.’

Jeremiah 4:24

I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!

Jeremiah 51:29

The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. For the Lord will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia a wasteland where no one lives.

Jeremiah 8:4

The Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?

Lamentations 1:14

My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist. ס (Samek)

Daniel 11:19

He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again.

Amos 8:14

These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or ‘As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!’ But they will fall down and not get up again.”

Nahum 1:5

The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.

Revelation 18:21

Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, “With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!