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

21 “And it will come about at that time,[c]
    the Lord will punish
the armies of the exalted ones in the heavens,[d]
    and the rulers[e] of the earth on earth.
22 They[f] will be herded together[g]
    into the Pit;[h]
they will be shut up in prison,
    and after many days they will be punished.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Earth
  2. Isaiah 24:20 So MT; 1QIsaa lacks like a hut
  3. Isaiah 24:21 Lit. about on that day
  4. Isaiah 24:21 Or ones on high
  5. Isaiah 24:21 Lit. kings
  6. Isaiah 24:22 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX read And they
  7. Isaiah 24:22 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsac MT read together like prisoners
  8. Isaiah 24:22 I.e., the place of punishment in the afterlife; or into a dungeon;