Isaiah 24:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.

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  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord. 44 He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?
  • Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
  • Lev 26:21-22 : 21 And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins. 22 I will let loose the beasts of the field among you, and they will take away your children and send destruction on your cattle, so that your numbers will become small and your roads become waste.
  • 1 Kgs 19:17 : 17 And it will come about that the man who gets away safe from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever gets away safe from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.
  • Jer 8:3 : 3 And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.

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  • Isa 24:18-22
    5 verses
    89%

    18And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

    19The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.

    20The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.

    21And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.

    22And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment.

  • Jer 48:43-44
    2 verses
    81%

    43Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.

    44He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

  • Lam 3:47
    80%

    47Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.

  • Job 22:10
    79%

    10For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

  • Luke 21:35
    78%

    35For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

  • Job 18:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

    11He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

  • Isa 2:21
    75%

    21To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • Isa 2:19
    74%

    19And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • Prov 3:25
    73%

    25Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

  • Prov 1:27
    73%

    27When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

  • Job 30:6
    73%

    6They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.

  • Jer 6:25
    72%

    25Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.

  • Isa 14:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15But you will come down to the underworld, even to its inmost parts.

    16Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?

  • Isa 24:4
    72%

    4The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

  • Exod 15:14
    72%

    14Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain.

  • Ps 9:15
    72%

    15The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

  • Mic 7:17
    72%

    17They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.

  • Ps 33:8
    72%

    8Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

  • Prov 29:25
    72%

    25The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

  • Isa 24:1
    71%

    1See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.

  • Ezek 27:35
    71%

    35All the people of the sea-lands are overcome with wonder at you, and their kings are full of fear, their faces are troubled.

  • Ps 55:5
    71%

    5Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

  • Job 4:5
    71%

    5But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.

  • Isa 24:16
    71%

    16From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.

  • Ps 73:19
    71%

    19How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • 1 Chr 16:30
    71%

    30Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

  • Ps 114:7
    71%

    7Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

  • Ezek 32:23
    71%

    23Whose resting-places are in the inmost parts of the underworld, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living.

  • Isa 2:10
    71%

    10Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

  • Jer 10:17
    71%

    17Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.

  • Isa 22:17
    71%

    17See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,

  • Jer 22:29
    71%

    29O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!

  • Isa 24:6
    71%

    6For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.

  • Isa 26:20
    71%

    20Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

  • Isa 8:22
    71%

    22And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Luke 21:26
    71%

    26Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

  • Job 24:17
    70%

    17For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

  • Rev 6:15
    70%

    15And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

  • Matt 24:16
    70%

    16Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

  • Prov 1:12
    70%

    12Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

  • Job 3:25
    70%

    25For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.