Isaiah 24:17 meaning and explanation

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

Isaiah 24:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah 24 pictures the LORD judging the whole earth for breaking the everlasting covenant, and verse 17 stands inside that judgment. The prophet speaks to every "dweller of the earth," not to one nation, and announces three traps in sequence: terror drives people to flee, the pit catches them, and the snare waits beyond it.

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