Isaiah 24:20 Cross References - ISV

²⁰ The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard; it sways like a hut; its transgression lies so heavy upon it, that it falls, never to rise again.

⁴ My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.

²⁷ They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, as all their wisdom became useless.

⁸ “The daughter of Zion is left abandoned, like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, or like a city under siege.

²⁸ Rebels and sinners will be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD will be consumed.

⁷ For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!
⁸ Judgment on Land Barons“How terrible it will be for you who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you have settled yourselves alone in the middle of the land!” ⁹ The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants. ¹⁰ For ten acres of vineyard will produce only one bath, and one omer of seed will produce only one ephah.”
¹¹ Judgment on Alcoholics“How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them! ¹² They have the lyre and harp, the tambourine and flute, as well as wine at their festivals, but they don’t respect what the LORD is doing, nor do they consider his actions. ¹³ Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst. ¹⁴ Therefore Sheol’s appetite has grown; it has opened its mouth beyond limit. Jerusalem’s nobility and her multitudes will go there, along with her brawlers and whoever is reveling within her. ¹⁵ Humanity is brought low, and each one is humbled, while the eyes of the self-exalting are brought low. ¹⁶ But the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is exalted in justice, and the Holy God proves himself to be righteously holy. ¹⁷ Then the lambs will graze in their pasture; fatlings and foreigners will eat among the waste places of the rich.”
¹⁸ Judgment on Mockers“How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope; ¹⁹ who say: ‘Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!’”
²⁰ Judgment on Moral Relativists“How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!”
²¹ Judgment on the Arrogant“How terrible it will be for those who are wise in their own opinion, and clever in their own reckoning! ²² “How terrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine, and champions in mixing strong drink, ²³ who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!”
²⁴ The Effects of Divine JudgmentTherefore, as flames of fire devour straw, as dry grass collapses in flames, so their root will be rotten, and their blossom will blow away like dust, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. ²⁵ Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against his people, so he stretched out his hands against them and afflicted them. The mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the middle of the streets. Throughout all of this, his anger has not turned away, and his hands are still stretched out to attack. ²⁶ The LORD will signal for nations far away, whistling for them to come from the ends of the earth. Look how quickly and how swiftly they come! ²⁷ No one is weary, no one stumbles, and no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt around their waists will come undone, nor will their sandal straps be broken. ²⁸ Their arrows are sharp, all their bows ready for action. Their horses’ hooves seem like flint, and their chariot wheels spin like a whirlwind. ²⁹ With a roar like a lion, they snarl, and like young lions, they growl; they seize their prey and then carry it off, with no one to rescue. ³⁰ They will roar over it at that time, like the sea waves roar. If one surveys the land, watch out! There’s darkness and distress; even the daylight is darkened by its clouds.

¹⁴ The LORD has mixed within them a spirit of confusion; so they make Egypt stagger in all that it does, like a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

⁹ Blind to God’s Words“Act stupid! Be astonished! Act blind, and be blind! Be drunk, but not from wine; stagger around, but not from strong drink.

¹² My house has been plucked up and vanishes from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver, I’ve taken account of my life, and he cuts me off from the loom— day and night you make an end of me.

²⁷ Your first ancestor sinned, and your mediators rebelled against me.

⁴ A Stubborn People“You are to say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Will a person fall down and then not get up? Will someone turn away and then not turn back again?

²⁷ “You are to say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Drink, get drunk, and vomit! Fall down and don’t get up because of the sword I’m sending among you.”’

¹⁴ The yoke of my sins was bound on, fastened together by his hand. They settled on my neck; he caused my strength to fail. The LORD placed me in the power of those I cannot resist.

¹⁹ He’ll turn his attention toward the fortresses in his own territory, but he’ll stumble and fall, and won’t endure.

¹ God Accuses Israel “Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land— for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land. ² Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood. ³ Therefore the land will mourn, and all who live there will languish, along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air. Even the fish in the sea will disappear. ⁴ “Let no one fight or bring charges against another, for my dispute is with you, priest. ⁵ So you will stumble during the day, the prophet also will stumble with you at night, and I will destroy your mother.

¹⁴ Those who have been swearing oaths by the sin of Samaria, or who say, ‘As your god lives, Dan…’ or who say, ‘As the way of Beer-sheba lives…’— will fall, and will never rise again.”

⁵ The Vision of the BasketThen the angel who had been talking with me stepped forward and told me, “Please look up and see what’s going out.”
⁶ So I asked, “What is it?”
He replied, “This is a basket making its appearance.” He also said, “This is what it appears to be in the entire land.”
⁷ The Vision of the Woman in the BasketLook, a round lead cover was being lifted, and there was one woman seated inside the basket! ⁸ And the angel said, “This is evil!” So he shoved her back into the basket and snapped the round, lead cover over the opening.

³⁵ As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah’s son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ I tell all of you with certainty, all these things will happen to those living today.”

²¹ The Vision of the Powerful Angel with the MillstoneThen a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “The great city Babylon will be thrown down violently— and will never be found again.