Isaiah 24:20

Isaiah chapter 24 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.

v.20This passage

v.21And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Zechariah 5:5

    Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

  • Isaiah 1:28

    But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

  • Isaiah 43:27

    Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

  • Lamentations 1:14

    The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

  • Isaiah 38:12

    My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.