the land: It is supposed that an earthquake is here intended; the rising and falling of the ground, with a wave-like motion, and its leaving its proper place and bounds, in consequence of an earthquake, being justly and beautifully compared to the swelling, overflowing, and subsiding of the Nile. Psa 18:7, Psa 60:2-3, Psa 114:3-7; Isa 5:25, Isa 24:19-20; Jer 4:24-26; Mic 1:3-5; Nah 1:5-6; Hab 3:5-8; Hag 2:6-7
every one: Amo 8:10, Amo 9:5; Jer 12:4; Hos 4:3, Hos 10:5; Mat 24:30