For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
Lamentations 1:13 - New Revised Standard Version From on high he sent fire; it went deep into my bones; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all day long. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, And it prevaileth against them: He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate And faint all the day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition From above He has sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back. He has made me hopelessly miserable and faint all the day long. American Standard Version (1901) From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day. Common English Bible From above he sent fire into my bones; he trampled them. He spread a net for my feet; he forced me backward. He left me devastated, constantly sick. Catholic Public Domain Version MEM. From on high, he has sent fire into my bones, and he has educated me. He has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back. He has placed me in desolation, consumed by grief, all day long. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my bones and hath chastised me: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long. |
For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
know then that God has put me in the wrong, and closed his net around me.
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.
Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me.
I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs.
They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame— those who trust in carved images, who say to cast images, “You are our gods.”
So my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a waste and a desolation, as they still are today.
Let all their evil doing come before you; and deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many and my heart is faint.
Because of this our hearts are sick, because of these things our eyes have grown dim:
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.
I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treason he has committed against me.
Thus says the Lord God: In an assembly of many peoples I will throw my net over you; and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
As they go, I will cast my net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will discipline them according to the report made to their assembly.
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.
I hear, and I tremble within; my lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones, and my steps tremble beneath me. I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon the people who attack us.
Among those nations you shall find no ease, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a languishing spirit.
in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.