⁴³ Terror^(A) and pit and snare^(B) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴ “Whoever flees^(C) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year^(D) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁷ Terror^(A) and pit and snare^(B) await you,
    people of the earth.^(C)
18 Whoever flees^(D) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;^(E)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.^(F)

The floodgates of the heavens^(G) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.^(H)

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times^(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.^(B)

⁶ On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;^(A)
    a scorching wind^(B) will be their lot.