Isaiah 24:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Isaiah 24:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard - This is descriptive of the agitation that occurs in an earthquake when everything is shaken from its foundation, and when trees and towers are sh...
Isaiah 24:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24. A World-wide Judgment Foretold. The apocalypse opens with the description of a judgment on the whole world. This judgment is predicted, it has not already happened. It will involve all i...
Isaiah 24:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

reel to and fro. Hebrew staggering, staggereth. removed. Hebrew rocketh to and fro. transgression . revolt. Hebrew. pasha . App-44. Not the same word as in Isaiah 24:5 .
Isaiah 24:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And shall be removed like a tent. This does not mean that any change will take place in the position of the earth; but these words, as we have already said, must be referred to men; as i...
Isaiah 24:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Like a cottage "Like...
Isaiah 24:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The earth is utterly broken down— The prophet here, in the most chosen metaphorical expressions, describes a mighty earthquake, by which the land of Asia, Syria, Judaea, depressed by the divine jud...
Isaiah 24:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Removed like...
Isaiah 24:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2. All class distinctions are obliterated and confused.
Isaiah 24:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that...
Isaiah 24:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Inescapable Penalty of Sin Isaiah 24:14-23 There is always a godly remnant, as we are told in Isaiah 24:13 , remaining in times of shaking, on the topmost boughs. The survivors who had fle...
Isaiah 24:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In these last Chapter s of the second circle, the prophet takes a still wider outlook. He sees how all the world is under the government of God. In this chapter the prophet states the fact in general...
Isaiah 24:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

God's people feel their leanness, in times of general calamity. And no doubt, sorrow for sinners, as well as the distress they feel in themselves, have a great tendency to waste, and lower the spirit...
Isaiah 24:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard ,.... When it shall be moved and agitated to and fro, and dissolved; or this may be meant of the inhabitants, who shall be at their wits' end, and in...
Isaiah 24:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 20. The eart...
Isaiah 24:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The earth is utterly broken down This is repeated again, to show the dreadfulness and certainty of these judgments, and to awaken the stupid Israelites. The earth shall reel to and fro The people...
Isaiah 24:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouraging Prospects; Degeneracy Predicted. B. C. 718. 16 From the uttermost part of...
Isaiah 24:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The earth; the people of the earth. Shall reel to and fro like a drunkard; shall be sorely perplexed and distressed, not knowing whither to go, nor what to do. Like a cottage ; or like a lodge...
Isaiah 24:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Word of Judgment Continues But Yahweh Will Triumph With His People ( Isaiah 24:16-23 ). Analysis. a ‘From the uttermost part of the earth we have heard songs, “Glory to the Righteous One” ( I...
Isaiah 24:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 24:17 . Fear, and the pit. This is a figure of hunting, the wild beasts being chased into pits dug in narrow passages, and covered with green branches. So the great ones should be caught, b...
Isaiah 24:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

The foundations of the earth do shake The religious improvement of earthquakes (preached in 1756):--The works of Creation and Providence were undoubtedly intended for the notice and contemplati...
Isaiah 24:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION VI . GOD 'S GENERAL JUDGMENTS UPON THE EARTH (Isaiah 24-27.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 24:1-23 GOD 'S JUDGMENTS ON THE WORLD AT LARGE . From special denunciation...
Isaiah 24:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Destruction of the Mass of the Earth
Isaiah 24:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:14 ; Daniel 11:19 ; Hosea 4:1-5 ; Isaiah 1:8 ; Isaiah 19:14 ; Isaiah 29:9 ; Isaiah 38:12 ; Isaiah 5:7-30 ; Jeremiah 25:27 ; Jeremiah 8:4 ; Lamentations 1:14 ; Matthew 23:35 ; Matt...
Isaiah 24:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A tent — Which is easily and commonly carried from place to place.

Isaiah 24:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 24:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 24:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 24:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 24:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 24:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 24:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 24:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 24:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 24:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 24:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 24:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 24:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 24:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes