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20 The earth will be unsteady like someone who is drunk.
    It will sway like a tent in the wind.
Its sin will weigh so heavily on it that it will fall.
    It will never get up again.

21 At that time the Lord will punish
    the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens above.
    He will also punish the kings on the earth below.
22 They will be brought together
    like prisoners in chains.
They’ll be locked up in prison.
    After many days the Lord will punish them.

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20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(A)
    it sways like a hut(B) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(C)
    that it falls(D)—never to rise again.(E)

21 In that day(F) the Lord will punish(G)
    the powers(H) in the heavens above
    and the kings(I) on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together
    like prisoners(J) bound in a dungeon;(K)
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished[a] after many days.(L)

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  1. Isaiah 24:22 Or released