Isaiah 24:20 Cross References - Rotherham

²⁰ The earth staggereth–staggereth, like a drunken man, And rocketh to and fro like a night–hut,––So shall be heavy upon her, her transgression, And she shall fall, and, not again, rise.

⁴ For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:

²⁷ They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,

⁸ And left, is the Daughter of Zion, Like a hut in a vineyard,––Like a lodge in a gourd–plot, Like a city besieged.

²⁸ And, the downfall of transgressors and sinners, shall be, together,––And, they who forsake Yahweh, shall be brought to an end;

⁷ Surely, the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted,––And he waited, For, equity, but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right, but lo! the cry of the wronged.
⁸ Alas! for them who join house to house, Field to field, bring they near,––Until there is no room, But ye are left to dwell alone, in the midst of the land. ⁹ In mine ears, [said] Yahweh of hosts,––Verily, houses in abundance, shall become, a desolation, Large and fair, without inhabitant; ¹⁰ For, ten yokes of vineyard, shall yield, one bath,––And, the seed of a homer, shall yield an ephah. ¹¹ Alas, for them who rise early in the morning that, strong drink, they may pursue,––Who follow on in the evening cool, [until], with wine, they are heated; ¹² And it cometh to pass––that lyre and harp, timbrel and flute, and wine, are in their banquets,––But, the doing of Yahweh, they do not discern, And, the work of his hands, have they not seen. ¹³ Therefore, are my people taken away captive, before they know it,––And, their honourable men, are famished with hunger, And, their multitude, do gape for thirst. ¹⁴ Therefore, hath hades enlarged, her desire, And opened her mouth to its widest,––And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that is uproarious, shall descend, thereinto. ¹⁵ And the mean man hath been bowed down, And the mighty man hath been humbled,––Yea, the looks of the haughty, shall be humbled. ¹⁶ But Yahweh of hosts, hath been exalted, in justice,––And, the GOD that is holy, hath been hallowed in righteousness; ¹⁷ Then shall the young rams feed, where they please,––And, the wastes of the wealthy, shall strangers consume.
¹⁸ Alas! for them, Who draw on themselves punishment, with cords of falsehood,––And, as with waggon–bands, penalty: ¹⁹ Who say––Let his work quicken––let it hasten, That we may see,––And let the purpose of Israel’s Holy One, draw near and come, That we may know! ²⁰ Alas! for them, Who call evil good, and good evil,––Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. ²¹ Alas! for them, Who are wise in their own eyes,––And, in their own sight, are prudent. ²² Alas! for them, Who are heroes, to drink wine,––And men of valour, to mingle strong drink, ²³ Who justify the lawless, for a bribe,––Whereas, the righteousness of the righteous, they take from him. ²⁴ Therefore, As a tongue of fire, eateth up straw, And a flame reduceth, dry grass, to powder, Their root, like rottenness, shall become, And, their blossom, like dust, shall ascend,––Because they refused the law of Yahweh of hosts, And, the utterance of the Holy One of Israel, they despised. ²⁵ For this cause, did the anger of Yahweh kindle, upon, his own people, And he stretched out his hand against them and smote them––So that the mountains, trembled, And, their dead bodies, served, for fuel, in the midst of the streets. For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But, still, is his hand outstretched, ²⁶ Therefore will he lift up an ensign to the nations afar off, And signal for him from the end of the earth,––And lo! with hot haste, will he come: ²⁷ None shall be weary, and none shall stumble in his midst, He shall neither slumber nor sleep,––Nor shall be loosened, the girdle of his loins, Nor snapped, the thong of his sandals: ²⁸ Whose arrows, are sharpened, and, all his bows, bent,––The hoofs of his horses, like flint, are accounted, And, his wheels, [are] like a storm–wind: ²⁹ A roar, hath he, like a lioness,––He will roar like wild lions––And will growl, and lay hold on prey, and carry into safety, and there be none, to deliver. ³⁰ Yea he will growl at him, in that day, like the growling of the sea,––Though he look hard for the land, lo! the darkness of distress, Yea, the light, hath grown dark in its clouds!

¹⁴ Yahweh, hath infused in her midst, a spirit of perverseness,––And they have led Egypt astray into all his own doings, As a drunken man staggereth, into his own vomit;

⁹ Stand ye stock still, and stare, Besmear your eyes, and be blind,––They are drunken, but not with wine, They reel, but not with strong drink;

¹² My dwelling, hath been broken up, And is stripped from me, like a shepherd’s tent,––I have rolled up––as a weaver––my life, From the loom, doth he cut me off, From day until night, [I said]––Thou wilt finish me.

²⁷ Thy chief father, hath sinned, And, thine interpreters, have transgressed against me;

⁴ Therefore shalt thou say unto them––Thus, saith Yahweh, Will men fall, and not arise? Will one turn away, and not come back?

²⁷ Therefore shalt thou say unto them––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel,––Drink ye and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise not,––because of the sword, which I, am sending between you.

¹⁴ The yoke of my transgressions, hath been bound, by his hand––They have intertwined themselves, have come up on my neck, it hath paralysed my strength,––My Lord, hath delivered me, into the hands of those against whom I cannot rise up.

¹⁹ Therefore will he turn his face towards the fortresses of his land,––but he shall stagger and fall, and shall not be found.

¹ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye sons of Israel,––that, a controversy, hath Yahweh with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, nor lovingkindness, nor knowledge of God, in the land: ² Cursing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery, have broken forth, and, blood–shedding, unto blood–shedding, doth extend. ³ For this cause, shall the land mourn, and everyone who dwelleth therein shall languish, with the wild beast of the field and with the bird of the heavens,––moreover also, the fishes of the sea, shall be withdrawn. ⁴ Howbeit let, no man, contend, nor let him rebuke another,––since, thy people, are as they who contend against a priest: ⁵ So shouldst thou stumble in the daytime, and even the prophet stumble with thee, in the night,––and I should destroy thine own mother.

¹⁴ They who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, As thy God, liveth, O Dan! and, As the Way of Beer–sheba, liveth, shall fall, and shall not rise any more.

⁵ Then came forward, the messenger who was talking with me,––and said unto me––Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what this is which is coming forth. ⁶ And I said, What is it? Then said he, This, is an ephah that is coming forth. And he said, This, is their iniquity, throughout all the land. ⁷ And lo! a leaden disc uplifted,––and here a certain woman, sitting inside the ephah. ⁸ Then said he, This, is Lawlessness. So he thrust her back inside the ephah,––and then thrust the leaden weight into the mouth thereof.

³⁵ That there may come upon you––all righteous blood poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the Temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily, I say unto you––All these things, will have come, upon this generation.

²¹ And one mighty messenger lifted a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying––Thus, with main force, shall be cast down, Babylon the great city,––and in nowise be found any more;