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18 Then it will be that he who flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit,
And he who [a]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the pitfall;
For the (A)windows [b]above are opened, and the (B)foundations of the earth quake.
19 (C)The earth is broken asunder;
The earth is (D)split through;
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (E)reels to and fro like a drunkard
And it totters like a [c]shack,
For its (F)transgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (G)never to rise again.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
  2. Isaiah 24:18 Heaven; lit from the height
  3. Isaiah 24:20 Or hut

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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