Add parallel Print Page Options

A trap grabs them by the heel.
    A snare holds them tight.

Read full chapter

14     He will keep you safe.
But to Israel and Judah
    he will be a stone that makes people stumble,
    a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem
    he will be a trap and a snare.
15 Many will stumble and fall,
    never to rise again.
    They will be snared and captured.”

Read full chapter

The hungry devour their harvest,
    even when it is guarded by brambles.[a]
    The thirsty pant after their wealth.[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 5:5a The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. 5:5b As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads A snare snatches their wealth.

17 While he was still speaking, a third messenger arrived with this news: “Three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

Read full chapter

15 when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends