Isaiah 24:20

Bible › Isaiah › Chapter 24 › Verse 20

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.The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

In other translations

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.The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

Hebrew words

נוֹעַnoa'wildly <stagger>H5128תָּנוּעַtanua'it will staggerH5128אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] earthH776כַּשִּׁכּוֹרkashikorlike <the> drunkardH7910וְהִתְנוֹדְדָהvehitnodahand it will swayH5110כַּמְּלוּנָהkamelunahlike <the> hutH4412וְכָבַדvekhavadand it will be heavyH3513עָלֶיהָ'aleihaon itH5921פִּשְׁעָהּpish'ahtransgression itsH6588וְנָפְלָהvenafelahand it will fallH5307וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תֹסִיףtosifit will repeatH3254קוּם׃ סkumto riseH6965

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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