Isaiah 24:18
He who flees from the sound of terror will fall into the pit, 1 and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare. 1 The windows of the heavens will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake. 1
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17Terror, the pit, and the snare are upon you, inhabitants of the earth. 1
19The earth will be completely broken, the earth ripped apart; 1 the earth will be violently shaken. 1
Cross References
Genesis 19:24Then Yahweh rained down upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
Joshua 10:10Yahweh confused the enemy before Israel, and Israel killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon and pursued them on the road going up to Beth Horon, and they killed them on the road to Azekah and Makkedah.
2 Kings 7:2Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “See, even if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, can this thing happen?” Elisha replied, “See, you will watch it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”
Job 20:24Although that man will flee from the iron weapon, 1 a bow of bronze will shoot him. 1
Psalms 18:8Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, and blazing fire came out of his mouth. Coals were ignited by it. 1
Psalms 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, 1 though the mountains should be shaken into the heart of the seas, 1
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 →