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18 Anyone who tries to ·escape [flee] from the sound of terror
    will fall into a ·hole [pit].
Anyone who climbs out of the ·hole [pit]
    will be caught in a ·trap [snare].
The ·clouds in the sky will pour out rain [L the floodgates/windows of the heights are opened],
    and the foundations of the earth will shake.
19 The earth will be ·broken up [shattered];
    the earth will split open;
    the earth will shake violently.
20 The earth will ·stumble [stagger; reel] around like someone who is drunk;
    it will shake like a ·hut in a storm [L hut].
Its ·sin [transgression; rebellion] is ·like a heavy weight on its back [L heavy upon it];
    it will fall and never rise again.

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18 Whoever flees(A) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(B)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(C)

The floodgates of the heavens(D) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(E)
19 The earth is broken up,(F)
    the earth is split asunder,(G)
    the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(H)
    it sways like a hut(I) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(J)
    that it falls(K)—never to rise again.(L)

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