Isaiah 24:19
What does Isaiah 24:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 24:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be moved.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
Context
v.18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
v.19This passage
v.20The 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were as of old.
- Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- Isaiah 24:1
Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Deuteronomy 11:6
and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
- Isaiah 34:4
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig-tree.
- Matthew 24:3
And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
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