Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 24:19

"The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently." — Isaiah 24:19 (ASV)

The earth is utterly broken ... —We note the characteristic form of Hebrew emphasis in the threefold iteration of “the earth.” (Jeremiah 22:29.) There the form (more visibly in the Hebrew than in the English) is a climax representing the three stages of an earthquake: the first cleavage of the ground; the wide open gaping; the final shattering convulsion. The rhythm of the whole passage is almost an echo of the crashes.