Isaiah 24:18

New International Reader's Version

Anyone who runs away from the terror will fall into the pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. The Lord will open the windows of the skies. He will flood the land. The foundations of the earth will shake.

Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord sent down burning sulfur. It came down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah. It came from the Lord. It came out of the sky.

Genesis 7:11

Noah was 600 years old. It was the 17th day of the second month of the year. On that day all of the springs at the bottom of the oceans burst open. God opened the windows of the sky.

2 Kings 7:2

The king was leaning on an officer’s arm. The officer spoke to the man of God. The officer said, “Suppose the Lord opens the sky and pours down food on us. Even if he does, could what you are saying really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha. “But you won’t eat any of it!”

Job 20:24

They might run away from iron weapons. But arrows that have bronze tips will wound them.

Psalm 18:15

The bottom of the sea could be seen. The foundations of the earth were uncovered. Lord, it happened when your anger blazed out. It came like a blast of breath from your nose.

Psalm 18:7

The earth trembled and shook. The base of the mountains rocked back and forth. It trembled because the Lord was angry.

Psalm 18:8

Smoke came out of his nose. Flames of fire came out of his mouth. Burning coals blazed out of it.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows when trouble will come to them. Fish are caught in nets. Birds are taken in traps. And people are trapped by hard times that come when they don’t expect them.

Isaiah 13:13

He will make the heavens tremble. He’ll shake the earth out of its place. The Lord who rules over all will show how angry he is. At that time his burning anger will blaze out.

Isaiah 2:19

People will run and hide in caves in the rocks. They will go into holes in the ground. They will run away from the terrifying presence of the Lord. They will run when he comes in glory and majesty. When he comes, he will shake the earth.

Isaiah 2:21

Those people will run and hide in caves in the rocks. They will go into holes in the cliffs. They will run away from the terrifying presence of the Lord. They will run when he comes in glory and majesty. When he comes, he will shake the earth.

Isaiah 42:22

Enemies have carried off everything they own. All my people are trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They themselves have become like stolen goods. No one can save them. They have been carried off. And there is no one who will say, “Send them back.”

Isaiah 8:14

Then the Lord will be a holy place of safety for you. But that’s not true for many people in Israel and Judah. He will be a stone that causes them to trip. He will be a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

Jeremiah 48:43

You people of Moab,” announces the Lord, “terror, a pit and a trap are waiting for you.

Jeremiah 48:44

Anyone who runs away from the terror will fall into the pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. The time is coming when I will punish Moab,” announces the Lord.

Lamentations 3:47

We are terrified and trapped. We are broken and destroyed.”

Ezekiel 11:8

You are afraid of the swords of war. But I will bring them against you,’ announces the Lord and King.

Ezekiel 12:13

I will spread out my net to catch him. He will be caught in my trap. I will bring him to Babylon. It is the land where the Chaldeans live. But he will not see it. He will die there.

Ezekiel 15:7

I will turn against them. They might have come out of the fire. But the fire will destroy them anyway. I will turn against them. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Amos 5:18

How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you want it to come? That day will be dark, not light.

Amos 5:19

It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear. He enters his house and rests his hand on a wall only to be bitten by a snake.