Isaiah 24:17
ESV
Terror and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
NIV
Terror and pit and snare await you, people of the earth.
NASB
Terror and pit and snare Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
CSB
Panic, pit, and trap await you who dwell on the earth.
NLT
Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, you people of the earth.
KJV
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
NKJV
Fear and the pit and the snare Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
What does Isaiah 24:17 mean?
This begins Isaiah's description of the Lord's final judgment against all sinfulness in heaven and on earth. Isaiah has mourned (Isaiah 24:16) because of the traitorous, betraying sin of his people. The last judgment is now coming because of this willful, stubborn rebellion against the Lord: refusal to submit to Him or His ways (Isaiah 24:16).The prophet warns the inhabitants of the earth who have survived judgment thus far: the end is coming for them. This end is full of dread and terror. Isaiah provides little detail about what form this will take. Instead, he gives a sense of what the Lord's judgment will feel like for those who experience it. There can be no mistaking the deeply ominous nature of Isaiah's description.
