By transgression an evil man is (A)ensnared,
But the righteous (B)sings and rejoices.

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18 Then it will be that he who flees the [a]report of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he who [b]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (A)windows [c]above are opened, and the (B)foundations of the earth shake.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:18 Lit sound of terror
  2. Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
  3. Isaiah 24:18 Lit from the height; i.e. heaven

Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;
Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,
And there is only hostility in the house of his God.

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