Isaiah 24:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you are terrified and run, you will fall into a pit; if you crawl out of the pit, you will get caught in a trap. The sky has split apart like a window thrown open. The foundations of the earth have been shaken;

Cross References

Genesis 19:24

and the LORD sent burning sulphur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 7:11

Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.

2 Kings 7:2

The chief officer there with the king replied, “I don't believe it! Even if the LORD sent a rainstorm, it couldn't produce that much grain by tomorrow.” “You will see it happen, but you won't eat any of the food,” Elisha warned him.

Job 20:24

While running from iron spears, they will be killed by arrows of bronze,

Psalm 18:15

You roared at the sea, and its deepest channels could be seen. You snorted, and the earth shook to its foundations.

Psalm 18:7

The earth shook and shivered, and the mountains trembled down to their roots. You were angry

Psalm 18:8

and breathed out smoke. Scorching heat and fiery flames spewed from your mouth.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

None of us know when we might fall victim to a sudden disaster and find ourselves like fish in a net or birds in a trap.

Isaiah 13:13

I, the LORD All-Powerful, am terribly angry— I will make the sky tremble and the earth shake loose.

Isaiah 2:19

You had better hide in caves and holes— the LORD will be fearsome, marvellous, and glorious when he comes to terrify people on earth.

Isaiah 2:21

The LORD will be fearsome, marvellous, and glorious when he comes to terrify people on earth— they will hide in caves and in the hills.

Isaiah 42:22

But his people were trapped and imprisoned in holes with no one to rescue them. All they owned had been taken, and no one was willing to give it back.

Isaiah 8:14

Run to me for protection. I am a rock that will make both Judah and Israel stumble and break their bones. I am a trap that will catch the people of Jerusalem—they will be captured and dragged away.

Jeremiah 48:43

Terror, pits, and traps are waiting for you.

Jeremiah 48:44

If you are terrified and run, you will fall into a pit; and if you crawl out of the pit, you'll get caught in a trap. The time has come for you to be punished.

Lamentations 3:47

We are terrified and trapped, caught and crushed.”

Ezekiel 11:8

and I'll send armies to attack you, just as you fear.

Ezekiel 12:13

The LORD will spread out a net and trap him as he leaves Jerusalem. He will then be led away to the city of Babylon, but will never see that place, even though he will die there.

Ezekiel 15:7

I will punish the people of Jerusalem with fire. Some of them have escaped one destruction, but soon they will be completely burnt. And when that happens, you, Ezekiel, will know that I am the LORD.

Amos 5:18

You look forward to the day when the LORD comes to judge. But you are in for trouble! It won't be a time of sunshine; all will be darkness.

Amos 5:19

You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear. You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall, and be bitten by a snake.