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Isaiah 24:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. "
Isaiah 24:18
Verse in Context
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16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
17 Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.
18 It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.
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Isaiah 24:1
"Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants."
Isaiah 24:2
"It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest."
Isaiah 24:3
"The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word."
Isaiah 24:4
"The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish."
Isaiah 24:5
"The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant."
Isaiah 24:6
"Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left."
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