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18 And it shall come to pass that he who shall flee from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that shall come up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: because from on high, windows have been opened, and the foundations of the earth shall shake.

19 The earth shall be utterly broken down; the earth is clean dissolved; the earth is moved exceedingly.

20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard and shall be removed like a cottage; and its transgression shall be heavy upon it; and it shall 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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