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The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway back and forth like a hammock; and the disobedience of it shall be heavy on it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
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A World on Shaky Ground
Commentators explain that the images of a staggering drunkard and a swaying hammock (a better translation than 'cottage') are meant to convey absolute instability. What worldly people see as a permanent palace is, to God, a flimsy, temporary shelter on the verge of collapse. This illustrates the foolishness of placing ultimate security in the present world system.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard - This is descriptive of the agitation that occurs in an earthquake when everything is shake…
19th Century
Anglican
The earth shall reel to and fro ... —The point of the first comparison is obvious. (Compare a similar illustration of a s…
16th Century
Protestant
And shall be removed like a tent. This does not mean that any change will occur in the position of the earth; instead, these words, as we …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard When it shall be moved and agitated to and fro, and dissolved; or th…
Believers may be driven into the farthest parts of the earth, but they are singing, not sighing. Here is terror for sinners; the prophet laments th…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Behold the Lord. In this part, the prophet threatens the destruction of the entire earth. This can refer either to the de…
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