18 And it shall be, he who ﬂeeth from the voice of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for windows from on high are opended, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is utterly shattered, the earth is utterly uprooted.

10. Lit. ‘shut up from entering.11. ‘streets’: or, ‘ﬁelds’ (open places): ‘for,’ or, ‘because of ’ ‘gone,’ strictly, ‘into captivity.’13. Or, ‘When thus it shall be.’15. ‘the lights,’ perhaps meaning ‘the East.’ Some would changing a letter: cf. LXX.16. ‘corner,’ lit. ‘wing.’ or ‘edge.’ Similarly LXX. ‘indeed,’ Heb. verb repeated to intensify.19. ‘is utterly uprooted’: or, ‘totters ’: Heb. verbs in verse repeated intensively.

20 The earth staggereth like a drunkard, and swayeth to and fro like a but; and the rebellion thereof is heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.