Yesaya 24:20

24:20 The earth will stagger around ¹  like a drunk;

it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. ² 

Its sin will weigh it down,

and it will fall and never get up again.

Yesaya 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ³ 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ⁴ 

you were labeled ⁵  a rebel from birth.

[24:20]  ¹ tn Heb “staggering, staggers.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb for emphasis and sound play.

[24:20]  ² tn The words “in a windstorm” are supplied in the translation to clarify the metaphor.

[48:8]  ³ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

[48:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[48:8]  ⁵ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).