Isaiah

Isaiah 24:17–18

¹⁷Terror and pit and snare await you,

O dweller of the earth.

¹⁸Whoever flees the sound of panic

will fall into the pit,

and whoever climbs from the pit

will be caught in the snare.

For the windows of heaven are open,

and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Isaiah 24:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Terror	פַּ֥חַד	pa·ḥaḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H6343 dread
and pit	וָפַ֖חַת	wā·p̄a·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H6354 pit
and snare	וָפָ֑ח	wā·p̄āḥ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H6341 bird-trap
await you	עָלֶ֖יךָ	‘ā·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5921 height
O dweller	יוֹשֵׁ֥ב	yō·wō·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
of the earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Isaiah 24:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Whoever flees	הַנָּ֞ס	han·nās	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
the sound	מִקּ֤וֹל	miq·qō·wl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of panic	הַפַּ֙חַד֙	hap·pa·ḥaḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6343 dread
will fall	יִפֹּ֣ל	yip·pōl	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5307 fall, lie
into	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the pit	הַפַּ֔חַת	hap·pa·ḥaṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6354 pit
and whoever climbs	וְהָֽעוֹלֶה֙	wə·hā·‘ō·w·leh	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
from	מִתּ֣וֹךְ	mit·tō·wḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
the pit	הַפַּ֔חַת	hap·pa·ḥaṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6354 pit
will be caught	יִלָּכֵ֖ד	yil·lā·ḵêḏ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)
in the snare	בַּפָּ֑ח	bap·pāḥ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6341 bird-trap
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the windows	אֲרֻבּ֤וֹת	’ă·rub·bō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H699 lattice, window, sluice
of heaven	מִמָּרוֹם֙	mim·mā·rō·wm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H4791 height
are open	נִפְתָּ֔חוּ	nip̄·tā·ḥū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6605 open
and the foundations	מ֥וֹסְדֵי	mō·ws·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4144 foundation
of the earth	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
are shaken	וַֽיִּרְעֲשׁ֖וּ	way·yir·‘ă·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7493 quake, shake

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Isaiah 24:17 Jeremiah 48:43–44

Isaiah 24:18 Genesis 7:11 · Psalm 18:7 · Amos 5:19 · Psalm 18:15 · Psalm 46:2–3 · Joshua 10:10–11 · Job 20:24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.