Verse 20
Isaiah 24:20
Bible in Basic English
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The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.
Original Language Text
hebrew
נ֣וֹעַ תָּנ֤וּעַ אֶ֨רֶץ֙ כַּ/שִּׁכּ֔וֹר וְ/הִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖ה כַּ/מְּלוּנָ֑ה וְ/כָבַ֤ד עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ פִּשְׁעָ֔/הּ וְ/נָפְלָ֖ה וְ/לֹא תֹסִ֥יף קֽוּם
English Translation
The earth will tremble like a drunkard and will sway like a hut; its transgressions are heavy upon it, and it will fall and will not rise again.
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Chapter 24 Context
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See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the...
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And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for...
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The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.
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The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones...
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The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them,...
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6
For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this c...
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7
The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
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8
The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are g...
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9
There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
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10
The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
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11
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the...
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12
In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
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13
For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as th...
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14
But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the...
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15
Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, in the sea...
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16
From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am...
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17
Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.
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18
And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he...
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19
The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.
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20
The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent;...
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And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings...
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And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will h...
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Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mou...
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