Isaiah 24:20
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it shall come to pass in that day,.... Not at the precise exact time the earth shall be dissolved, but previous to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard - This is descriptive of the agitation that occurs in an earthquake when…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 24:16-23
These verses, as those before, plainly speak,
I. Comfort to saints. They may be driven, by the common calamities of the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
reel to and fro like a drunkard Cf. Psa 107:27.
shall be removed like a cottage Better as in R.V. shall be moved to and…
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