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Isaiah 24:19
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Judah during a period of escalating divine judgment, describing the immediate aftermath of the foundations shaking and the windows of heaven opening.
The words — רֹ֥עָה (Ro.'ah) means utterly broken and פּ֤וֹר (Por) means split through, both describing the physical destruction of the land.
The thread — This pattern of terrestrial collapse runs through Isaiah 24:1 where the LORD lays waste the earth, Isaiah 34:4 where the skies are rolled up like a scroll, and Deuteronomy 11:6 where the earth opens to swallow rebels.
Why it lands — The text declares that rebellion physically destabilizes creation until it falls permanently, requiring the reader to acknowledge that earthly order depends entirely on divine restraint.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 34:4 All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Deuteronomy 11:6 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
- Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
- Nahum 1:5 The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
- Revelation 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Habakkuk 3:6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Matthew 24:3 While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”