Isaiah 24:20

“Staggering, the earth staggers like a drunkard, and it sways like a hut; and its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it will fall and will not rise again.”

Isaiah 24:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 24:20, word by word

Staggeringנוֹעַnoa

stagger

To shake, tremble, totter.

Where else “noa” appears
the earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “erets” appears
like a drunkardשִּׁכּוֹרshikor

drunk

Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.

Where else “shikor” appears
and it swaysהִתְנוֹדְדָהhitnodda

sway

To sway, like a reed.

Where else “hitnodda” appears
like a hutמְּלוּנָהmeluna

hut, shelter

A hut, a watchman's shelter in a field; also a hanging bed.

Where else “meluna” appears
and its transgressionפִּשְׁעָpisha

transgression

A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.

Where else “pisha” appears
lies heavyכָבַדchavad

be heavy

To weigh much, like a burden.

Where else “chavad” appears
and it will fallנָפְלָהnafla

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “nafla” appears
riseקוּםkum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “kum” appears
againתֹסִיףtosif

do again

To do again what had already been done.

Where else “tosif” appears

The context

19Broken, the earth is broken; split apart, the earth is split apart; shaken, the earth is shaken.

20 · This verse (above)

21And it will happen, on that day, that YHWH will punish the army of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground.

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