Verse 24

I have laid a snare{H3369}{(H8804)} for thee, and thou art also taken{H3920}{(H8738)}, O Babylon{H894}, and thou wast not aware{H3045}{(H8804)}: thou art found{H4672}{(H8738)}, and also caught{H8610}{(H8738)}, because thou hast striven{H1624}{(H8694)} against the LORD{H3068}.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise{H2450} in heart{H3824}, and mighty{H533} in strength{H3581}: who hath hardened{H7185}{(H8689)} himself against him, and hath prospered{H7999}{(H8799)}?
  • Dan 5:30-31 : 30 In that night{H3916} was Belshazzar{H1113} the king{H4430} of the Chaldeans{H3779} slain{H6992}{(H8752)}. 31 And Darius{H1868} the Median{H4077} took{H6902}{(H8745)} the kingdom{H4437}, being about threescore{H8361} and two{H8648} years{H8140} old{H1247}.
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that contendeth{H7378}{(H8800)} with the Almighty{H7706} instruct{H3250} him? he that reproveth{H3198}{(H8688)} God{H433}, let him answer{H6030}{(H8799)} it.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Hast thou an arm{H2220} like God{H410}? or canst thou thunder{H7481}{(H8686)} with a voice{H6963} like him?
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man{H120} also knoweth{H3045}{(H8799)} not his time{H6256}: as the fishes{H1709} that are taken{H270}{(H8737)} in an evil{H7451} net{H4685}, and as the birds{H6833} that are caught{H270}{(H8803)} in the snare{H6341}; so{H1992} are the sons{H1121} of men{H120} snared{H3369}{(H8795)} in an evil{H7451} time{H6256}, when it falleth{H5307}{(H8799)} suddenly{H6597} upon them.
  • Isa 13:11 : 11 And I will punish{H6485}{(H8804)} the world{H8398} for their evil{H7451}, and the wicked{H7563} for their iniquity{H5771}; and I will cause the arrogancy{H1347} of the proud{H2086} to cease{H7673}{(H8689)}, and will lay low{H8213}{(H8686)} the haughtiness{H1346} of the terrible{H6184}.
  • Isa 21:3-5 : 3 Therefore are my loins{H4975} filled{H4390}{(H8804)} with pain{H2479}: pangs{H6735} have taken hold{H270}{(H8804)} upon me, as the pangs{H6735} of a woman that travaileth{H3205}{(H8802)}: I was bowed down{H5753}{(H8738)} at the hearing{H8085}{(H8800)} of it; I was dismayed{H926}{(H8738)} at the seeing{H7200}{(H8800)} of it. 4 My heart{H3824} panted{H8582}{(H8804)}, fearfulness{H6427} affrighted{H1204}{(H8765)} me: the night{H5399} of my pleasure{H2837} hath he turned{H7760}{(H8804)} into fear{H2731} unto me. 5 Prepare{H6186}{(H8800)} the table{H7979}, watch{H6822}{(H8800)} in the watchtower{H6844}, eat{H398}{(H8800)}, drink{H8354}{(H8800)}: arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, ye princes{H8269}, and anoint{H4886}{(H8798)} the shield{H4043}.
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe{H1945} unto him that striveth{H7378}{(H8801)} with his Maker{H3335}{(H8802)}! Let the potsherd{H2789} strive with the potsherds{H2789} of the earth{H127}. Shall the clay{H2563} say{H559}{(H8799)} to him that fashioneth{H3335}{(H8802)} it, What makest{H6213}{(H8799)} thou? or thy work{H6467}, He hath no hands{H3027}?
  • Jer 51:8 : 8 Babylon{H894} is suddenly{H6597} fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} and destroyed{H7665}{(H8735)}: howl{H3213}{(H8685)} for her; take{H3947}{(H8798)} balm{H6875} for her pain{H4341}, if so be she may be healed{H7495}{(H8735)}.
  • Jer 51:31-39 : 31 One post{H7323}{(H8801)} shall run{H7323}{(H8799)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} another{H7323}{(H8801)}, and one messenger{H5046}{(H8688)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} another{H5046}{(H8688)}, to shew{H5046}{(H8687)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} that his city{H5892} is taken{H3920}{(H8738)} at one end{H7097}, 32 And that the passages{H4569} are stopped{H8610}{(H8738)}, and the reeds{H98} they have burned{H8313}{(H8804)} with fire{H784}, and the men{H582} of war{H4421} are affrighted{H926}{(H8738)}. 33 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; The daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894} is like a threshingfloor{H1637}, it is time{H6256} to thresh{H1869}{(H8687)} her: yet a little while{H4592}, and the time{H6256} of her harvest{H7105} shall come{H935}{(H8804)}. 34 Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} me, he hath crushed{H2000}{(H8804)} me, he hath made{H3322}{(H8689)} me an empty{H7385} vessel{H3627}, he hath swallowed me up{H1104}{(H8804)} like a dragon{H8577}, he hath filled{H4390}{(H8765)} his belly{H3770} with my delicates{H5730}, he hath cast me out{H1740}{(H8689)}. 35 The violence{H2555} done to me and to my flesh{H7607} be upon Babylon{H894}, shall the inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} of Zion{H6726} say{H559}{(H8799)}; and my blood{H1818} upon the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Chaldea{H3778}, shall Jerusalem{H3389} say{H559}{(H8799)}. 36 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Behold, I will plead{H7378}{(H8801)} thy cause{H7379}, and take vengeance{H5358}{(H8765)} for thee{H5360}; and I will dry up{H2717}{(H8689)} her sea{H3220}, and make her springs{H4726} dry{H3001}{(H8689)}. 37 And Babylon{H894} shall become heaps{H1530}, a dwellingplace{H4583} for dragons{H8577}, an astonishment{H8047}, and an hissing{H8322}, without an inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}. 38 They shall roar{H7580}{(H8799)} together{H3162} like lions{H3715}: they shall yell{H5286}{(H8804)} as lions{H738}' whelps{H1484}. 39 In their heat{H2527} I will make{H7896}{(H8799)} their feasts{H4960}, and I will make them drunken{H7937}{(H8689)}, that they may rejoice{H5937}{(H8799)}, and sleep{H3462}{(H8804)} a perpetual{H5769} sleep{H8142}, and not wake{H6974}{(H8686)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Jer 51:57 : 57 And I will make drunk{H7937}{(H8689)} her princes{H8269}, and her wise{H2450} men, her captains{H6346}, and her rulers{H5461}, and her mighty men{H1368}: and they shall sleep{H3462}{(H8804)} a perpetual{H5769} sleep{H8142}, and not wake{H6974}{(H8686)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the King{H4428}, whose name{H8034} is the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who{G3588} opposeth{G480}{(G5740)} and{G2532} exalteth{G5229}{(G5746)} himself above{G1909} all{G3956} that is called{G3004}{(G5746)} God{G2316}, or{G2228} that is worshipped{G4574}; so{G5620} that he{G846} as{G5613} God{G2316} sitteth{G2523}{(G5658)} in{G1519} the temple{G3485} of God{G2316}, shewing{G584}{(G5723)} himself{G1438} that{G3754} he is{G2076}{(G5748)} God{G2316}.
  • Rev 18:7-8 : 7 How much{G3745} she hath glorified{G1392}{(G5656)} herself{G1438}, and{G2532} lived deliciously{G4763}{(G5656)}, so much{G5118} torment{G929} and{G2532} sorrow{G3997} give{G1325}{(G5628)} her{G846}: for{G3754} she saith{G3004}{(G5719)} in{G1722} her{G846} heart{G2588}, I sit{G2521}{(G5736)} a queen{G938}, and{G2532} am{G1510}{(G5748)} no{G3756} widow{G5503}, and{G2532} shall see{G1492}{(G5632)} no{G3364} sorrow{G3997}. 8 Therefore{G5124}{G1223} shall{G2240} her{G846} plagues{G4127} come{G2240}{(G5692)} in{G1722} one{G3391} day{G2250}, death{G2288}, and{G2532} mourning{G3997}, and{G2532} famine{G3042}; and{G2532} she shall be utterly burned{G2618}{(G5701)} with{G1722} fire{G4442}: for{G3754} strong{G2478} is the Lord{G2962} God{G2316} who{G3588} judgeth{G2919}{(G5723)} her{G846}.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} came in{H935}{(H8799)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of the Hebrews{H5680}, How long{H4970} wilt thou refuse{H3985}{(H8765)} to humble{H6031}{(H8736)} thyself before{H6440} me? let my people{H5971} go{H7971}{(H8761)}, that they may serve{H5647}{(H8799)} me.