Verse 20

The earth{H776} shall reel{H5128}{(H8799)} to and fro{H5128}{(H8800)} like a drunkard{H7910}, and shall be removed{H5110}{(H8712)} like a cottage{H4412}; and the transgression{H6588} thereof shall be heavy{H3513}{(H8804)} upon it; and it shall fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, and not rise{H6965}{(H8800)} again{H3254}{(H8686)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 19:14 : 14 The LORD{H3068} hath mingled{H4537}{(H8804)} a perverse{H5773} spirit{H7307} in the midst{H7130} thereof: and they have caused Egypt{H4714} to err{H8582}{(H8689)} in every work{H4639} thereof, as a drunken{H7910} man staggereth{H8582}{(H8736)} in his vomit{H6892}.
  • Isa 29:9 : 9 Stay{H4102}{(H8697)} yourselves, and wonder{H8539}{(H8798)}; cry ye out{H8173}{(H8697)}, and cry{H8173}{(H8798)}: they are drunken{H7937}{(H8804)}, but not with wine{H3196}; they stagger{H5128}{(H8804)}, but not with strong drink{H7941}.
  • Amos 8:14 : 14 They that swear{H7650}{(H8737)} by the sin{H819} of Samaria{H8111}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thy god{H430}, O Dan{H1835}, liveth{H2416}; and, The manner{H1870} of Beersheba{H884} liveth{H2416}; even they shall fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, and never rise up{H6965}{(H8799)} again.
  • Dan 11:19 : 19 Then he shall turn{H7725}{(H8686)} his face{H6440} toward the fort{H4581} of his own land{H776}: but he shall stumble{H3782}{(H8738)} and fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, and not be found{H4672}{(H8735)}.
  • Hos 4:1-5 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, ye children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: for the LORD{H3068} hath a controversy{H7379} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}, because there is no truth{H571}, nor mercy{H2617}, nor knowledge{H1847} of God{H430} in the land{H776}. 2 By swearing{H422}{(H8800)}, and lying{H3584}{(H8763)}, and killing{H7523}{(H8800)}, and stealing{H1589}{(H8800)}, and committing adultery{H5003}{(H8800)}, they break out{H6555}{(H8804)}, and blood{H1818} toucheth{H5060}{(H8804)} blood{H1818}. 3 Therefore shall the land{H776} mourn{H56}{(H8799)}, and every one that dwelleth{H3427}{(H8802)} therein shall languish{H535}{(H8797)}, with the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704}, and with the fowls{H5775} of heaven{H8064}; yea, the fishes{H1709} of the sea{H3220} also shall be taken away{H622}{(H8735)}. 4 Yet let no man{H376} strive{H7378}{(H8799)}, nor reprove{H3198}{(H8686)} another{H376}: for thy people{H5971} are as they that strive{H7378}{(H8688)} with the priest{H3548}. 5 Therefore shalt thou fall{H3782}{(H8804)} in the day{H3117}, and the prophet{H5030} also shall fall{H3782}{(H8804)} with thee in the night{H3915}, and I will destroy{H1820}{(H8804)} thy mother{H517}.
  • Zech 5:5-8 : 5 Then the angel{H4397} that talked{H1696}{(H8802)} with me went forth{H3318}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Lift up{H5375}{(H8798)} now thine eyes{H5869}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} what is this that goeth forth{H3318}{(H8802)}. 6 And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, What is it? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, This is an ephah{H374} that goeth forth{H3318}{(H8802)}. He said{H559}{(H8799)} moreover, This is their resemblance{H5869} through all the earth{H776}. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up{H5375}{(H8738)} a talent{H3603} of lead{H5777}: and this is a{H259} woman{H802} that sitteth{H3427}{(H8802)} in the midst{H8432} of the ephah{H374}. 8 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, This is wickedness{H7564}. And he cast{H7993}{(H8686)} it into the midst{H8432} of the ephah{H374}; and he cast{H7993}{(H8686)} the weight{H68} of lead{H5777} upon the mouth{H6310} thereof.
  • Matt 23:35-36 : 35 That{G3704} upon{G1909} you{G5209} may come{G2064}{(G5632)} all{G3956} the righteous{G1342} blood{G129} shed{G1632}{(G5746)} upon{G1909} the earth{G1093}, from{G575} the blood{G129} of righteous{G1342} Abel{G6} unto{G2193} the blood{G129} of Zacharias{G2197} son{G5207} of Barachias{G914}, whom{G3739} ye slew{G5407}{(G5656)} between{G3342} the temple{G3485} and{G2532} the altar{G2379}. 36 Verily{G281} I say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto you{G5213}, All{G3956} these things{G5023} shall come{G2240}{(G5692)} upon{G1909} this{G5026} generation{G1074}.
  • Rev 18:21 : 21 And{G2532} a{G1520} mighty{G2478} angel{G32} took up{G142}{(G5656)} a stone{G3037} like{G5613} a great{G3173} millstone{G3458}, and{G2532} cast{G906}{(G5627)} it into{G1519} the sea{G2281}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, Thus{G3779} with violence{G3731} shall{G906} that great{G3173} city{G4172} Babylon{G897} be thrown down{G906}{(G5701)}, and{G2532} shall be found{G2147}{(G5686)} no more{G3364} at all{G2089}.
  • Isa 38:12 : 12 Mine age{H1755} is departed{H5265}{(H8738)}, and is removed{H1540}{(H8738)} from me as a shepherd's{H7473} tent{H168}: I have cut off{H7088}{(H8765)} like a weaver{H707}{(H8802)} my life{H2416}: he will cut me off{H1214}{(H8762)} with pining sickness{H1803}: from day{H3117} even to night{H3915} wilt thou make an end{H7999}{(H8686)} of me.
  • Isa 43:27 : 27 Thy first{H7223} father{H1} hath sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and thy teachers{H3887}{(H8688)} have transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} against me.
  • Jer 8:4 : 4 Moreover thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Shall they fall{H5307}{(H8799)}, and not arise{H6965}{(H8799)}? shall he turn away{H7725}{(H8799)}, and not return{H7725}{(H8799)}?
  • Jer 25:27 : 27 Therefore thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Drink{H8354}{(H8798)} ye, and be drunken{H7937}{(H8798)}, and spue{H7006}{(H8798)}, and fall{H5307}{(H8798)}, and rise{H6965}{(H8799)} no more, because{H6440} of the sword{H2719} which I will send{H7971}{(H8802)} among you.
  • Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke{H5923} of my transgressions{H6588} is bound{H8244}{(H8738)} by his hand{H3027}: they are wreathed{H8276}{(H8691)}, and come up{H5927}{(H8804)} upon my neck{H6677}: he hath made my strength{H3581} to fall{H3782}{(H8689)}, the Lord{H136} hath delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} me into their hands{H3027}, from whom I am not able{H3201}{(H8799)} to rise up{H6965}{(H8800)}.
  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For mine iniquities{H5771} are gone over{H5674}{(H8804)} mine head{H7218}: as an heavy{H3515} burden{H4853} they are too heavy{H3513}{H8799)} for me.
  • Ps 107:27 : 27 They reel to and fro{H2287}{(H8799)}, and stagger{H5128}{(H8799)} like a drunken man{H7910}, and are at their wits{H2451}' end{H1104}{(H8691)}.
  • Isa 1:8 : 8 And the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} is left{H3498}{(H8738)} as a cottage{H5521} in a vineyard{H3754}, as a lodge{H4412} in a garden of cucumbers{H4750}, as a besieged{H5341}{(H8803)} city{H5892}.
  • Isa 1:28 : 28 And the destruction{H7667} of the transgressors{H6586}{(H8802)} and of the sinners{H2400} shall be together{H3162}, and they that forsake{H5800}{(H8802)} the LORD{H3068} shall be consumed{H3615}{(H8799)}.
  • Isa 5:7-9 : 7 For the vineyard{H3754} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} his pleasant{H8191} plant{H5194}: and he looked{H6960}{(H8762)} for judgment{H4941}, but behold oppression{H4939}; for righteousness{H6666}, but behold a cry{H6818}. 8 Woe{H1945} unto them that join{H5060}{(H8688)} house{H1004} to house{H1004}, that lay{H7126}{(H8686)} field{H7704} to field{H7704}, till there be no{H657} place{H4725}, that they may be placed{H3427}{(H8717)} alone in the midst{H7130} of the earth{H776}! 9 In mine ears{H241} said the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Of a truth{H3808} many{H7227} houses{H1004} shall be desolate{H8047}, even great{H1419} and fair{H2896}, without inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}. 10 Yea{H3588}, ten{H6235} acres{H6776} of vineyard{H3754} shall yield{H6213}{(H8799)} one{H259} bath{H1324}, and the seed{H2233} of an homer{H2563} shall yield{H6213}{(H8799)} an ephah{H374}. 11 Woe{H1945} unto them that rise up early{H7925}{(H8688)} in the morning{H1242}, that they may follow{H7291}{(H8799)} strong drink{H7941}; that continue{H309}{(H8764)} until night{H5399}, till wine{H3196} inflame{H1814}{(H8686)} them! 12 And the harp{H3658}, and the viol{H5035}, the tabret{H8596}, and pipe{H2485}, and wine{H3196}, are in their feasts{H4960}: but they regard{H5027}{(H8686)} not the work{H6467} of the LORD{H3068}, neither consider{H7200}{(H8804)} the operation{H4639} of his hands{H3027}. 13 Therefore my people{H5971} are gone into captivity{H1540}{(H8804)}, because they have no knowledge{H1847}: and their honourable{H3519} men{H4962} are famished{H7458}, and their multitude{H1995} dried up{H6704} with thirst{H6772}. 14 Therefore hell{H7585} hath enlarged{H7337}{(H8689)} herself{H5315}, and opened{H6473}{(H8804)} her mouth{H6310} without measure{H2706}: and their glory{H1926}, and their multitude{H1995}, and their pomp{H7588}, and he that rejoiceth{H5938}, shall descend{H3381}{(H8804)} into it. 15 And the mean man{H120} shall be brought down{H7817}{(H8735)}, and the mighty man{H376} shall be humbled{H8213}{(H8799)}, and the eyes{H5869} of the lofty{H1364} shall be humbled{H8213}{(H8799)}: 16 But the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} shall be exalted{H1361}{(H8799)} in judgment{H4941}, and God{H410} that is holy{H6918} shall be sanctified{H6942}{(H8738)} in righteousness{H6666}. 17 Then shall the lambs{H3532} feed{H7462}{(H8804)} after their manner{H1699}, and the waste places{H2723} of the fat ones{H4220} shall strangers{H1481}{(H8802)} eat{H398}{(H8799)}. 18 Woe{H1945} unto them that draw{H4900}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5771} with cords{H2256} of vanity{H7723}, and sin{H2403} as it were with a cart{H5699} rope{H5688}: 19 That say{H559}{(H8802)}, Let him make speed{H4116}{(H8762)}, and hasten{H2363}{(H8686)} his work{H4639}, that we may see{H7200}{(H8799)} it: and let the counsel{H6098} of the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478} draw nigh{H7126}{(H8799)} and come{H935}{(H8799)}, that we may know{H3045}{(H8799)} it! 20 Woe{H1945} unto them that call{H559}{(H8802)} evil{H7451} good{H2896}, and good{H2896} evil{H7451}; that put{H7760}{(H8802)} darkness{H2822} for light{H216}, and light{H216} for darkness{H2822}; that put{H7760}{(H8802)} bitter{H4751} for sweet{H4966}, and sweet{H4966} for bitter{H4751}! 21 Woe{H1945} unto them that are wise{H2450} in their own eyes{H5869}, and prudent{H995}{(H8737)} in their own sight{H6440}! 22 Woe{H1945} unto them that are mighty{H1368} to drink{H8354}{(H8800)} wine{H3196}, and men{H582} of strength{H2428} to mingle{H4537}{(H8800)} strong drink{H7941}: 23 Which justify{H6663}{(H8688)} the wicked{H7563} for{H6118} reward{H7810}, and take away{H5493}{(H8686)} the righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} from him! 24 Therefore as the fire{H784} devoureth{H398}{(H8800)} the stubble{H7179}, and the flame{H3956}{H3852} consumeth{H7503}{(H8799)} the chaff{H2842}, so their root{H8328} shall be as rottenness{H4716}, and their blossom{H6525} shall go up{H5927}{(H8799)} as dust{H80}: because they have cast away{H3988}{(H8804)} the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, and despised{H5006}{(H8765)} the word{H565} of the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478}. 25 Therefore is the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} kindled{H2734}{(H8804)} against his people{H5971}, and he hath stretched forth{H5186}{(H8799)} his hand{H3027} against them, and hath smitten{H5221}{(H8686)} them: and the hills{H2022} did tremble{H7264}{(H8799)}, and their carcases{H5038} were torn{H5478} in the midst{H7130} of the streets{H2351}. For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away{H7725}{(H8804)}, but his hand{H3027} is stretched out{H5186}{(H8803)} still. 26 And he will lift up{H5375}{(H8804)} an ensign{H5251} to the nations{H1471} from far{H7350}, and will hiss{H8319}{(H8804)} unto them from the end{H7097} of the earth{H776}: and, behold, they shall come{H935}{(H8799)} with speed{H4120} swiftly{H7031}: 27 None shall be weary{H5889} nor stumble{H3782}{(H8802)} among them; none shall slumber{H5123}{(H8799)} nor sleep{H3462}{(H8799)}; neither shall the girdle{H232} of their loins{H2504} be loosed{H6605}{(H8738)}, nor the latchet{H8288} of their shoes{H5275} be broken{H5423}{(H8738)}: 28 Whose arrows{H2671} are sharp{H8150}{(H8802)}, and all their bows{H7198} bent{H1869}{(H8803)}, their horses{H5483}' hoofs{H6541} shall be counted{H2803}{(H8738)} like flint{H6862}, and their wheels{H1534} like a whirlwind{H5492}: 29 Their roaring{H7581} shall be like a lion{H3833}, they shall roar{H7580}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H7580}{(H8804)} like young lions{H3715}: yea, they shall roar{H5098}{(H8799)}, and lay hold{H270}{(H8799)} of the prey{H2964}, and shall carry it away safe{H6403}{(H8686)}, and none shall deliver{H5337}{(H8688)} it. 30 And in that day{H3117} they shall roar{H5098}{(H8799)} against them like the roaring{H5100} of the sea{H3220}: and if one look{H5027}{(H8765)} unto the land{H776}, behold darkness{H2822} and sorrow{H6862}, and the light{H216} is darkened{H2821}{(H8804)} in the heavens{H6183} thereof.