Isaiah 24:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Whoever flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and whoever 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And he who flees at the noise of the terror will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of the heavens are opened [as in the deluge], and the foundations of the earth tremble and shake.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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 on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Whoever flees from the sound of terror will fall into the trench; whoever climbs from the trench will be caught in the trap. Heaven’s windows will open, and the earth’s foundations will quake.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

Isaiah 24:18 Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

2 Kings 7:2

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “Even if the Lord were to make windows in the sky, could such a thing happen?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat from it.”

Job 20:24

They will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike them through.

Psalm 18:15

Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and reeled because he was angry.

Psalm 18:8

Smoke went up from his nostrils and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Isaiah 13:13

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place at the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of his fierce anger.

Isaiah 2:19

Enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from the terror of the Lord and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Isaiah 2:21

to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts in the crags, from the terror of the Lord and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Isaiah 42:22

But this is a people robbed and plundered; all of them are trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become a prey with no one to rescue, a spoil with no one to say, “Restore!”

Isaiah 8:14

He will become a sanctuary, a stone one strikes against; for both houses of Israel he will become a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 48:43

Terror, pit, and trap are before you, O inhabitants of Moab! says the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:44

Everyone who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and everyone who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the trap. For I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Lamentations 3:47

panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

Ezekiel 11:8

You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 12:13

I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.

Ezekiel 15:7

I will set my face against them; although they escape from the fire, the fire shall still consume them, and you shall know that I am the Lord when I set my face against them.

Amos 5:18

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness, not light,

Amos 5:19

as if someone fled from a lion and was met by a bear or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall and was bitten by a snake.