17 (A)Terror and pit and snare
[a]Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who [b]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (B)windows [c]above are opened, and the (C)foundations of the earth shake.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:17 Lit Are upon you
  2. Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
  3. Isaiah 24:18 Lit from the height; i.e., heaven

17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

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