Verse 18
Isaiah 24:18
New Living Translation
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Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,<br>and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.<br> Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;<br>the foundations of the earth shake.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְֽ֠/הָיָה הַ/נָּ֞ס מִ/קּ֤וֹל הַ/פַּ֨חַד֙ יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל הַ/פַּ֔חַת וְ/הָֽ/עוֹלֶה֙ מִ/תּ֣וֹךְ הַ/פַּ֔חַת יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּ/פָּ֑ח כִּֽי אֲרֻבּ֤וֹת מִ/מָּרוֹם֙ נִפְתָּ֔חוּ וַֽ/יִּרְעֲשׁ֖וּ מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
And it shall be when the sound of fear falls upon the fallen, and the ascent from the midst of the fallen shall be caught in the pit, for the windows from on high are opened and the foundations of the earth shall quake.
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth<br>and make it a vast wasteland.<br>He devastates the s...
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2
Priests and laypeople,<br>servants and masters,<br>maids and mistresses,<br>buyers and sellers,<br>l...
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3
The earth will be completely emptied and looted.<br>The LORD has spoken!<br>
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4
The earth mourns and dries up,<br>and the land wastes away and withers.<br>Even the greatest people...
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5
The earth suffers for the sins of its people,<br>for they have twisted God (Elohim)’s instructions,<...
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6
Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.<br>Its people must pay the price for their sin.<br>They are d...
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7
The grapevines waste away,<br>and there is no new wine.<br>All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.<br>
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8
The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled;<br>the happy cries of celebration are heard no more.<b...
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9
Gone are the joys of wine and song;<br>alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.<br>
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10
The city writhes in chaos;<br>every home is locked to keep out intruders.<br>
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11
Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine.<br>Joy has turned to gloom.<br>Gladness has been ba...
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12
The city is left in ruins,<br>its gates battered down.<br>
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13
Throughout the earth the story is the same —<br>only a remnant is left,<br>like the stray olives lef...
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14
But all who are left shout and sing for joy.<br>Those in the west praise the LORD’s majesty.<br>
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15
In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD.<br>In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LOR...
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16
We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth,<br>songs that give glory to the Righteous One!<b...
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17
Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,<br>you people of the earth.<br>
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18
Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,<br>and those who escape the trap will be caught in a...
19
The earth has broken up.<br>It has utterly collapsed;<br>it is violently shaken.<br>
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20
The earth staggers like a drunk.<br>It trembles like a tent in a storm.<br>It falls and will not ris...
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21
In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens<br>and the proud rulers of the nations on e...
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22
They will be rounded up and put in prison.<br>They will be shut up in prison<br>and will finally be...
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23
Then the glory of the moon will wane,<br>and the brightness of the sun will fade,<br>for the LORD of...
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