Isaiah 24:18 “Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever c…”

Isaiah 24:18

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

World English Bible

It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

American Standard Version

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 the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Geneva Bible 1599

And hee that fleeth from the noyse of the feare, shall fall into the pit: and he that commeth vp out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth doe shake.

Darby Translation

And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.

Young's Literal Translation

And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.

Bible in Basic English

And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

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Cross references

“he who fleeth”

Job 20:24 Amos 5:19 Job 18:8–16 Deuteronomy 32:23–26 Joshua 10:10 Joshua 10:11

Job 20:24 · BSB

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Amos 5:19 · BSB

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Job 18:8–16 · BSB

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

Deuteronomy 32:23–26 · BSB

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

Joshua 10:10 · BSB

And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua 10:11 · BSB

As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

“for the”

Genesis 7:11 Genesis 19:24 2 Kings 7:2

Genesis 7:11 · BSB

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 19:24 · BSB

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

2 Kings 7:2 · BSB

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will…

“the foundations”

Psalm 18:7 Psalm 18:15 Deuteronomy 32:22 Psalm 46:2 Psalm 46:3

Psalm 18:7 · BSB

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Psalm 18:15 · BSB

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Deuteronomy 32:22 · BSB

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Psalm 46:2 · BSB

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

Psalm 46:3 · BSB

though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

19The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

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