New Living Translation
Isaiah 24:18
18Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare. Destruction falls like rain from the heavens; the foundations of the earth shake.
Isaiah 24:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be That he who flees from the noise of the fear Shall fall into the pit, And he who comes up from the midst of the pit Shall be caught in the snare; For the windows from on high are open, And the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Context of Isaiah 24:18
16We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away. Deceit still prevails, and treachery is everywhere. 17Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, you people of the earth. Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare. Destruction falls like rain from the heavens; the foundations of the earth shake. 19The earth has broken up. It has utterly collapsed; it is violently shaken. 20The earth staggers like a drunk. It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.
Read all of Isaiah 24Isaiah 24:18 word by word
וְֽ֠הָיָה הַנָּ֞ס מִקּ֤וֹל הַפַּ֙חַד֙ יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל־הַפַּ֔חַת וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַפַּ֔חַת יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּפָּ֑ח כִּֽי־אֲרֻבּ֤וֹת מִמָּרוֹם֙ נִפְתָּ֔חוּ וַֽיִּרְעֲשׁ֖וּ מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- he who fleethנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
- from the noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
- of the fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
- shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- into the pitפַּ֫חַתpachath · pitH6354
- and he that cometh upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- out of the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- shall be takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
- in the snareפַּחpach · snareH6341
- for the windowsאֲרֻבָּה'ărubbâh · windowH699
- from on highמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
- are openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
- and the foundationsמוֹסָדָהmôsâdâh môsâdâh · foundationH4146
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- do shakeרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
Cross-references for Isaiah 24:18
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them and shoot them down with my arrows.
- Joshua 10:10The Lord threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Job 18:8The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
- Job 20:24When they try to escape an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.
- Amos 5:19In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion— only to meet a bear. Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house— and he’s bitten by a snake.
- Genesis 7:11When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
- 2 Kings 7:2The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!”
- Deuteronomy 32:22For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth and all its crops and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth quaked and trembled. The foundations of the mountains shook; they quaked because of his anger.
- Psalms 46:2So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.
Commentaries on Isaiah 24:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Out of the midst of the pit "From the pit" - For מתוך mittoch, from the midst of, a MS. reads מן min, from, as it is in Jeremiah 48:44; and so likewise the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18From the noise of the fear - A cry or shout was made in hunting, designed to arouse the game, and drive it to the pitfall. The image means here that calamities would be multiplied in all the land, and that if the inhabitants endeavored to avoid one danger they would fall into another. And he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit - A figure taken still from hunting. It was possible that some of the more strong and active of the wild beasts driven into…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 Believers may be driven into the uttermost parts of the earth; but they are singing, not sighing. Here is terror to sinners; the prophet laments the miseries he saw breaking in like a torrent; and the small number of believers. He foresees that sin would abound. The meaning is plain, that evil pursues sinners. Unsteady, uncertain are all these things. Worldly men think to dwell in the earth as in a palace, as in a castle; but it shall be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18No one can avoid the day of the Lord (see study note on Isaiah 2:5–22). the windows of heaven are open: This image is similar to the great flood in Noah's time (see study note on Genesis 7:11–12). the foundations of the earth are shaken: An earthquake often marks a theophany, which is a physical sign of God's presence (see also Isaiah 6:4; 13:13; 19:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. noise of ... fear--the shout designed to rouse the game and drive it into the pitfall. windows ... open--taken from the account of the deluge (Ge 7:11); the flood-gates. So the final judgments of fire on the apostate world are compared to the deluge (2Pe 3:5-7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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