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It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunken man; it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, And shall totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be heavy upon it, And it will fall, and not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth trembles like a heavy drinker And sways like a hut, For its wrongdoing is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard, And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The earth reels back and forth like a drunkard And sways like a shack; Its transgression lies heavily upon it, And it will fall and not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a hut. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a hut. Earth&#8217s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It staggers and shakes like a drunkard or a hut in a windstorm. It is burdened down with sin; the earth will fall, never again to get up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall be moved to and fro like a hut; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The earth will stumble like a drunk and sway like a shack in the wind. Its disobedience weighs heavy on it. It will fall and not get up again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The earth itself will stagger like a drunk, sway like a hut in a storm. The world is weighed down by its sins; it will collapse and never rise again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard; it sways like a hut; its transgression lies so heavy upon it, that it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth?s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression of it shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The earth staggers greatly as a drunkard, "" And it has been moved as a lodge, "" And its transgression has been heavy on it, "" And it has fallen, and does not add to rise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The earth moving to and fro, shall move to and fro as the intoxicated, and it was removed as a lodge; and its transgression was heavy upon it and it fell, and it shall not add to rise.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />With shaking shall the earth be shaken as a drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fell, and not rise again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The earth will reel like a drunkard, sway like a hut; Its rebellion will weigh it down; it will fall, never to rise again.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard and shall be shaken like a booth, and its transgression shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall and not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And staggering, the Earth shall stagger as a drunkard and shall shake like a hut, and its evil shall be severe upon it, and it shall fall and it shall not continue to exist<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, And swayeth to and fro as a lodge; And the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, And it shall fall, and not rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />It reels as a drunkard and one oppressed with wine, and the earth shall be shaken as a storehouse of fruits; for iniquity has prevailed upon it, and it shall fall, and shall not be able to rise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/24-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4985" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/24.htm">God's Judgment on the Earth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">The earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5128.htm" title="5128: nō·w·a‘ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively.">staggers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5128.htm" title="5128: tā·nū·a‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7910.htm" title="7910: kaš·šik·kō·wr (Prep-k, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Drunken. Or shikkor; from shakar; intoxicated, as a state or a habit.">like a drunkard</a> <a href="/hebrew/5110.htm" title="5110: wə·hiṯ·nō·wḏ·ḏāh (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to nod, i.e. Waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also, to console, deplore, or taunt.">and sways</a> <a href="/hebrew/4412.htm" title="4412: kam·mə·lū·nāh (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- A lodge, hut. Feminine from luwn; a hut, a hammock.">like a shack.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: piš·‘āh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">Earth’s rebellion</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: wə·ḵā·ḇaḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">weighs it down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·nā·p̄ə·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and it falls,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">never</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qūm (V-Qal-Inf) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">to rise</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: ṯō·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">again.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29</a></span><br />The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5</a></span><br />The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Isaiah 13:13</a></span><br />Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-10.htm">Joel 2:10</a></span><br />Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a></span><br />The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-2.htm">Psalm 46:2-3</a></span><br />Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, / though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19</a></span><br />Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Revelation 16:18-20</a></span><br />And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake. / The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. / Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9-11</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. / For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. / I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25-26</a></span><br />There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm">Hebrews 12:26-27</a></span><br />At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.” / The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy on it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.</p><p class="hdg">reel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Isaiah 19:14</a></b></br> 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 <i>man</i> staggereth in his vomit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Isaiah 29:9</a></b></br> Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-27.htm">Psalm 107:27</a></b></br> They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.</p><p class="hdg">removed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Isaiah 38:12</a></b></br> 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 <i>even</i> to night wilt thou make an end of me.</p><p class="hdg">the transgression</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Isaiah 5:7-30</a></b></br> For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts <i>is</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a></b></br> For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-14.htm">Lamentations 1:14</a></b></br> The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, <i>and</i> come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into <i>their</i> hands, <i>from whom</i> I am not able to rise up.</p><p class="hdg">and it</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">Jeremiah 8:4</a></b></br> Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Jeremiah 25:27</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/11-19.htm">Daniel 11:19</a></b></br> Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/1-8.htm">Cottage</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-19.htm">Disobedience</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-9.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Drunkard</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Falleth</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm">Falls</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-6.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Guilt</a> <a 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href="/isaiah/26-14.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Shaken</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Stagger</a> <a href="/romans/5-21.htm">Sway</a> <a href="/job/40-17.htm">Sways</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-11.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/psalms/60-2.htm">Totters</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-26.htm">Uncertainly</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">The doleful judgments of God upon the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">A remnant shall joyfully praise him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">God in his judgments shall advance his kingdom</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The earth staggers like a drunkard</b><br>This phrase vividly depicts the earth's instability and chaos, likening it to a drunkard who cannot maintain balance. In biblical context, this imagery is often used to describe divine judgment and the resulting upheaval. The earth's staggering symbolizes the profound impact of sin and rebellion against God, leading to a state of disorder. This can be connected to other scriptures such as <a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Isaiah 19:14</a>, where Egypt is described as staggering like a drunkard due to God's judgment. The imagery emphasizes the severity of the earth's condition under divine wrath.<p><b>and sways like a shack.</b><br>The comparison to a shack suggests fragility and vulnerability. In ancient times, a shack would be a temporary and unstable structure, easily swayed by external forces. This highlights the earth's inability to withstand the consequences of its rebellion. The metaphor underscores the transient nature of earthly power and stability when faced with divine judgment. This can be related to the parable of the wise and foolish builders in <a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-27</a>, where only the house built on the rock stands firm.<p><b>Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,</b><br>Here, the earth's rebellion is personified, indicating that the collective sin and defiance against God have tangible consequences. The weight of rebellion suggests a burden that the earth cannot bear, leading to its downfall. This concept is echoed in <a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a>, where creation is described as groaning under the weight of sin, awaiting redemption. The imagery of weight also recalls the idea of sin as a burden, as seen in <a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a>.<p><b>and it falls, never to rise again.</b><br>The finality of this statement indicates a complete and irreversible judgment. The fall of the earth signifies the end of its current state, pointing to the eschatological themes of final judgment and renewal found throughout scripture. This can be connected to <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>, where a new heaven and a new earth are promised, indicating the ultimate restoration following judgment. The phrase also reflects the prophetic nature of Isaiah's message, foretelling a time when God's justice will be fully realized.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>Represents the physical world and its inhabitants, often used symbolically to describe the state of humanity in relation to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/drunkard.htm">Drunkard</a></b><br>A metaphor for instability and lack of control, illustrating the earth's condition due to sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hut.htm">Hut</a></b><br>Symbolizes fragility and impermanence, emphasizing the earth's vulnerability.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/transgression.htm">Transgression</a></b><br>Refers to sin and rebellion against God, which has consequences for the entire creation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/fall.htm">Fall</a></b><br>The ultimate judgment and collapse of the world system under the weight of sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_sin.htm">The Weight of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has a profound impact not only on individuals but on the entire creation. We must recognize the seriousness of sin and its consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/instability_of_the_world.htm">Instability of the World</a></b><br>The world is unstable and temporary, much like a drunkard or a fragile hut. Our hope should not be placed in worldly systems but in God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The prophecy of the earth's fall serves as a reminder of God's righteous judgment. We are called to live in a way that honors God, knowing that judgment is certain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_redemption.htm">Hope in Redemption</a></b><br>While the earth will fall, believers have the hope of a new creation. This should motivate us to live with an eternal perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Understanding the weight of transgression should lead us to repentance and a renewed commitment to follow Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_christ's_thousand-year_reign.htm">What is Christ's thousand-year reign?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_34_align_with_other_end-times.htm">Does the prophecy in Isaiah 34 align or conflict with similar end-time descriptions found in other parts of Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_24_depict_cosmic_ruin.htm">Why does Isaiah 24 describe devastation on a cosmic scale that seems scientifically impossible for the ancient world to witness or record? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_record_of_isaiah_24_1's_event.htm">In Isaiah 24:1, how can the entire earth be laid waste and scattered without any historical record of such a global event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">The earth shall reel to and fro . . .</span>--The point of the first comparison is obvious. (Comp. the like illustration of a ship tossed by the waves in <a href="/psalms/107-27.htm" title="They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.">Psalm 107:27</a>.) The second becomes clearer if we render <span class= "ital">hammock </span>instead of cottage, a hanging mat, suspended from a tree, in which the keeper of the vineyard slept, moving with every breath of wind; the very type of instability. In the words that follow the prophet traces the destruction to its source. The physical catastrophe is not the result of merely physical causes. The earth totters under the weight of its iniquity, and falls (we must remember the Hebrew idea of the world as resting upon pillars, <a href="/1_samuel/2-8.htm" title="He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world on them.">1Samuel 2:8</a>), never to rise again. In its vision of the last things the picture finds a parallel, though under different imagery, in <a href="/context/2_peter/3-10.htm" title="But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.">2Peter 3:10-13</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The earth... shall be removed like a cottage</span>; rather, <span class="accented">sways to and fro like a hammock</span>, Rosenmüller observes, "Alludit ad <span class="accented">pensiles lectos</span>, quos, metu ferrarum, in arboribus sibi parare solent, istis in terris, non custodes solum hortorum camporumve, sed et iter facientes." <span class="cmt_word">The transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the earth perishes on account of men's sins. <span class="cmt_word">It shall fall, and not rise again</span>. The present earth is to disappear altogether, and to be superseded by "a new heaven and a new earth" (<a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/24-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The earth</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֙רֶץ֙</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">staggers</span><br /><span class="heb">נ֣וֹעַ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5128.htm">Strong's 5128: </a> </span><span class="str2">To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a drunkard</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּשִּׁכּ֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(kaš·šik·kō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7910.htm">Strong's 7910: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intoxicated, as a, state, a habit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sways</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṯ·nō·wḏ·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5110.htm">Strong's 5110: </a> </span><span class="str2">To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a shack.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּמְּלוּנָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(kam·mə·lū·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4412.htm">Strong's 4412: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hut, a hammock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Earth’s rebellion</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּשְׁעָ֔הּ</span> <span class="translit">(piš·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Transgression</span><br /><br /><span class="word">weighs it down,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָבַ֤ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵā·ḇaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and it falls,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָפְלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·p̄ə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">never</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to rise</span><br /><span class="heb">קֽוּם׃</span> <span class="translit">(qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">again.</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹסִ֥יף</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·sîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 24:20 The earth will stagger like a drunken (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 24:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 24:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 24:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 24:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>