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A trap seizes them by the heel;
    a snare lays hold of them.(A)

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A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare(A) holds him fast.(B)

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14 He will become a sanctuary, a stone one strikes against; for both houses of Israel he will become a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.(A) 15 And many among them shall stumble; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”(B)

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14 He will be a holy place;(A)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(B) that causes people to stumble(C)
    and a rock that makes them fall.(D)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.(E)
15 Many of them will stumble;(F)
    they will fall and be broken,
    they will be snared and captured.”

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The hungry eat their harvest,
    and they take it even out of the thorns,[a]
    and the thirsty[b] pant after their wealth.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 5.5 Aquila Symmachus Syr Vg: Heb snare

The hungry consume his harvest,(A)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

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17 While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three columns, made a raid on the camels and carried them off, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.”(A)

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17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans(A) formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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15 and the Sabeans fell on them and carried them off and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.”(A)

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15 and the Sabeans(A) attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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