Isaiah 24:17 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 24:17

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

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ASV

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

WEB

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

YLT

Fear, and a snare, and a gin, Are on thee, O inhabitant of the land.

DBT

Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.

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Amos 5:19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Jeremiah 48:43–44
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
Lamentations 3:47
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

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Jeremiah (Jer 48:43, 44) uses the same words. Isa 24:18 expressing that the inhabitants were nowhere safe; if they escaped one danger, they fell into another, and worse, on the opposite side (Am 5:19). "Fear" is the term applied to the cords with feathers of all colors which, when fluttered in the air, scare beasts into the pitfall, or birds into the snare.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): Fear, and the pit, and the snare (fear of the pit and the snare) are upon them wherever they are; for the sons of men know not what evil they may suddenly be snared in, Eccl. ix. These three words seem to be chosen for the sake of an elegant paranomasia, or, as we now scornfully call it, a jungle of words: Pachad, and Pachath, and Pach; but the meaning is plain (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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