Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
Isaiah 24:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Panic, pit, and trap await you who dwell on the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth! American Standard Version (1901) Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. Common English Bible Terror, trench, and trap are upon you, ruler of the earth! Catholic Public Domain Version Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fear and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth. |
Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, he will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to me, but I will not hear them.
Death will be chosen over life by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
You summon those who terrorise me on every side, as if for an appointed festival day; on the day of the Lord’s anger no one escaped or survived. My enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and brought up.
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
But I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he will not see it, and he will die there.
‘For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send my four devastating judgements against Jerusalem #– #sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague #– #in order to wipe out both people and animals from it!
It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him.