Isaiah 24:18
Those who run away in terror will fall into a pit-trap, and those who escape from the pit-trap will be caught in a snare. Heaven's windows are opened; earth's foundations shake.
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In Context
17Terrors and pit-traps and snares are waiting for you, people of the earth.
19The earth is completely broken up; the earth is ripped apart, the earth is violently shaken.
Cross References
Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Joshua 10:10The Lord threw the Amorite armies into a panic when they saw the Israelites. He struck them down with a great blow at Gibeon; he chased them all the way up to Beth-horon, cutting them down on the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
2 Kings 7:2The officer who was the king's assistant said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord opened windows in heaven what you say couldn't happen!” Elisha replied, “You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't get to eat any of it.”
Job 20:24As they flee to escape an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will strike them down.
Psalms 18:8Smoke came out of his nostrils, and fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed before him.
Psalms 46:2So we will not be afraid though the earth shakes, though the mountains fall into the depths of the sea,
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 →