16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs:
The Splendor of the Righteous One.(A)
But I said, “I waste away! I waste away![a]
Woe is me.”
The treacherous act treacherously;
the treacherous deal very treacherously.(B)

17 Panic, pit, and trap await you(C)
who dwell on the earth.(D)
18 Whoever flees at the sound of panic
will fall into a pit,
and whoever escapes from the pit
will be caught in a trap.
For the floodgates on high are opened,(E)
and the foundations of the earth are shaken.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:16 Hb obscure

16 From the ends of the earth(A) we hear singing:(B)
    “Glory(C) to the Righteous One.”(D)

But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!(E)
    Woe(F) to me!
The treacherous(G) betray!
    With treachery the treacherous betray!(H)
17 Terror(I) and pit and snare(J) await you,
    people of the earth.(K)
18 Whoever flees(L) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(M)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(N)

The floodgates of the heavens(O) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(P)

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