Isaiah 24:18
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18 Whoever flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and whoever climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.(A)
Psalm 18:7
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7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and reeled because he was angry.(A)
Genesis 7:11
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11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.(A)
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Amos 5:19
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19 as if someone fled from a lion
and was met by a bear
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
and was bitten by a snake.(A)
Psalm 46:2-3
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2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,(A)
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah(B)
Psalm 18:15
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15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.(A)
Job 20:24
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24 They will flee from an iron weapon;
a bronze arrow will strike them through.(A)
Joshua 10:10-11
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10 And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who inflicted a crushing blow on them at Gibeon, chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.(A) 11 As they fled before Israel, while they were going down the slope of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down huge stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died because of the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.(B)
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Job 18:8-16
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8 For they are thrust into a net by their own feet,
and they walk into a pitfall.(A)
9 A trap seizes them by the heel;
a snare lays hold of them.(B)
10 A rope is hid for them in the ground,
a trap for them in the path.(C)
11 Terrors frighten them on every side
and chase them at their heels.(D)
12 Their strength is consumed by hunger,[a]
and calamity is ready for their stumbling.(E)
13 By disease their skin is consumed;[b]
the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs.
14 They are torn from the tent in which they trusted
and are brought to the king of terrors.(F)
15 In their tents nothing remains;
sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.(G)
16 Their roots dry up beneath,
and their branches wither above.(H)
2 Kings 7:2
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2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “Even if the Lord were to make windows in the sky, could such a thing happen?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat from it.”(A)
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1 Kings 20:29-30
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29 They encamped opposite one another seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle began; the Israelites killed one hundred thousand Aramean foot soldiers in one day. 30 The rest fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left.
Ben-hadad also fled and entered the city to hide.(A)
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Deuteronomy 32:22-26
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22 For a fire is kindled by my anger
and burns to the depths of Sheol;
it devours the earth and its increase
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.(A)
23 I will heap disasters upon them,
spend my arrows against them:(B)
24 wasting hunger,
burning consumption,
bitter pestilence.
The teeth of beasts I will send against them,
with venom of things crawling in the dust.(C)
25 In the street the sword shall bereave,
and in the chambers terror
for young man and woman alike,
nursing child and old gray head.(D)
26 I said, “I will make an end of them[a]
and blot out the memory of them from humankind,”(E)
Footnotes
- 32.26 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Genesis 19:24
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24 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven,(A)
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