Isaiah 24:19

19 The earth is utterly broken; [the] earth is torn asunder; [the] earth is shaken violently.

Isaiah 24:19 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 24:19

The earth is utterly broken down
Still alluding to the deluge, when the earth broke in upon the waters under it, if Mr. Burnet's theory of the earth can be supported: the earth is clean dissolved;
it will be an entire dissolution, nothing shall remain; all these things, as Peter says, the heavens and the earth, and all in them, shall be dissolved, ( 2 Peter 3:11 2 Peter 3:12 ) : the earth is moved exceedingly;
out of its place and form, and shall fall into its original chaos and confusion. The Targum is,

``moving, the earth shall be moved; agitating, the earth shall be agitated; breaking or dissolving, the earth shall be broken or dissolved;''

which seems to express the more gradual and natural dissolution of the world. These expressions are used, and repeated, to declare the certain and complete destruction of it.

Isaiah 24:19 In-Context

17 Terror and [the] pit and [the] snare [are] upon you, inhabitants of the earth!

18 And this shall happen: The one who flees from the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and the one who goes up from {inside the pit} shall be caught in the snare, for [the] windows from heaven are opened, and [the] foundations of [the] earth tremble.

19 The earth is utterly broken; [the] earth is torn asunder; [the] earth is shaken violently.

20 [The] earth staggers to and fro like the drunkard, and it sways like [a] hut, and its transgression is heavy upon it, and it falls and does not rise again.

21 And this shall happen on that day: Yahweh will punish the host of heaven in heaven, and the kings of the earth on the earth.