17 (A)Terror and the pit and the snare[a]
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 (B)He who flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For (C)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and (D)the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken,
    the earth is split apart,
    the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth (E)staggers like a drunken man;
    it sways like a hut;
(F)its transgression lies heavy upon it,
    and it falls, and will not rise again.

21 On that day the Lord will punish
    the host of heaven, in heaven,
    and (G)the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 (H)They will be gathered together
    as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days (I)they will be punished.
23 (J)Then the moon will be confounded
    and the sun ashamed,
for (K)the Lord of hosts reigns
    on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike

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