17 (A)Terror and pit and snare
[a]Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that he who flees the [b]report of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he who [c]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (B)windows [d]above are opened, and the (C)foundations of the earth shake.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:17 Lit Are upon you
  2. Isaiah 24:18 Lit sound of terror
  3. Isaiah 24:18 Lit goes up from the midst of
  4. Isaiah 24:18 Lit from the height; i.e. heaven

43 (A)Terror, pit and snare are coming upon you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” declares the Lord.
44 “The one who (B)flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught in the snare;
For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,
The year of their (C)punishment,” declares the Lord.

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