Isaiah 24:17
Terrors and pit-traps and snares are waiting for you, people of the earth.
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In The King James Version
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:21If you go on opposing me and refusing to do what I tell you, I will make your punishments seven times worse, based on your sins.
Jeremiah 8:3Those who are left of this evil family will prefer to die rather than live in every place I've scattered them, declares the Lord Almighty.
Jeremiah 48:44You will run away in terror and fall into a trap, and when you climb out of the trap, you'll be caught in a snare. I will do this to the Moabites at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.
Amos 5:19It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear; or a man who goes home and leans his hand on a wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 24:17-23
Encouraging Prospects; Degeneracy Predicted. ( b. c. 718.) 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. 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… Read the whole commentary →