Isaiah 24:20

New International Reader's Version

The earth will be unsteady like someone who is drunk. It will sway like a tent in the wind. Its sin will weigh so heavily on it that it will fall. It will never get up again.

Cross References

Genesis 41:31

There won’t be anything left to remind people of the years when there was plenty of food in the land. That’s how bad the hunger that follows will be.

Job 12:25

Without any light, they feel their way along in darkness. God makes them unsteady like those who get drunk.

Psalm 107:27

They were unsteady like people who have become drunk. They didn’t know what to do.

Psalm 38:4

My guilt has become too much for me. It is a load too heavy to carry.

Isaiah 1:28

But sinners and those who refuse to obey the Lord will be destroyed. And those who desert the Lord will die.

Isaiah 1:8

The city of Zion is left like a shed where someone stands guard in a vineyard. It is left like a hut in a cucumber field. It’s like a city being attacked.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has given them a spirit that makes them feel dizzy. They make Egypt unsteady in everything it does. Egypt is like a person who drinks too much. He throws up and then walks around in the mess he’s made.

Isaiah 24:1

The Lord is going to completely destroy everything on earth. He will twist its surface. He’ll scatter those who live on it.

Isaiah 28:7

Israel’s leaders are drunk from wine. They can’t walk straight. They are drunk from beer. They are unsteady on their feet. Priests and prophets drink beer. They can’t walk straight. They are mixed up from drinking too much wine. They drink too much beer. They are unsteady on their feet. The prophets see visions but don’t really understand them. The priests aren’t able to make good decisions.

Isaiah 29:9

People of Jerusalem, be shocked and amazed. Make yourselves blind so you can’t see anything. Get drunk, but not from wine. Be unsteady on your feet, but not because of beer.

Isaiah 38:12

My body is like a shepherd’s tent. It has been pulled down and carried off. My life is like a piece of cloth that I’ve rolled up. You have cut it off from the loom. In a short period of time you have brought my life to an end.

Isaiah 43:27

Your father Jacob sinned. The people I sent to teach you refused to obey me.

Isaiah 66:24

“When they go out of Jerusalem, they will see the dead bodies of those who refused to obey me. The worms that eat their bodies will not die. The fire that burns them will not be put out. It will make everyone sick just to look at them.”

Jeremiah 25:27

The Lord says, “Tell them, ‘The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “Drink from this cup. Get drunk and throw up. Fall down and do not get up again. I am going to send war against you.” ’

Jeremiah 4:24

I looked at the mountains. They were shaking. All the hills were swaying.

Jeremiah 51:29

The Babylonians tremble and shake with fear. My plans against them stand firm. I plan to destroy their land completely. Then no one will live there.

Jeremiah 8:4

“Jeremiah, tell them, ‘The Lord says, “ ‘ “When people fall down, don’t they get up again? When someone turns away, don’t they come back?

Lamentations 1:14

“My sins have been made into a heavy yoke. They were woven together by his hands. They have been placed on my neck. The Lord has taken away my strength. He has handed me over to my enemies. I can’t win the battle over them.

Daniel 11:19

After this, the king of Syria will return to the forts in his own country. But he will trip and fall. And he will never be seen again.

Amos 8:14

Some people make promises in the name of Samaria’s god. That god has led them astray. Others say, ‘People of Dan, you can be sure that your god is alive.’ Still others say, ‘You can be sure that Beersheba’s god is alive.’ But all these people will fall dead. They will never get up again.”

Nahum 1:5

He causes the mountains to shake. The hills melt away. The earth trembles because he is there. The world and all those who live in it also tremble.

Revelation 18:21

Then a mighty angel picked up a huge rock. It was the size of a large millstone. He threw it into the sea. Then he said, “That is how the great city of Babylon will be thrown down. Never again will it be found.