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Isaiah 24:17

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24:17Terror, pit, and snare

are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!40

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  1. 40 Heb “[are] upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.” The first line of v. 17 provides another classic example of Hebrew wordplay. The names of the three instruments of judgment (פָח, פַחַת, פַּחַד [pakhad, fakhat, fakh]) all begin with the letters פח (peh-khet) and the first two end in dental consonants (ת/ד, tet/dalet). Once again the repetition of sound draws attention to the statement and contributes to the theme of the inescapability of judgment. As their similar-sounding names suggest, terror, pit, and snare are allies in destroying the objects of divine wrath.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Terror and the pit and the snare

are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Terror and pit and snare await you,

people of the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Panic, pit, and trap await you

who dwell on the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,

you people of the earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Terror and the pit and the snare are upon you, inhabitants of the earth!

KJV 1900King James Version

Fear, and the pit, and the snare,

Are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.