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 earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard.] As the inhabitants thereof had drunk in iniquity like water; Job 15:16 so they should now drink and be drunk with the cup of God's wrath.
And shall be removed like a cottage.] Or, Lodge, hut, or tent; so shall they be tossed and tumbled from one place to another.
And the transgression,] i.e., The punishment of your transgression. Observe here the wages and the weight of sin.