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He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
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No Escape from Judgment
Commentators explain that the sequence of "fear, pit, and snare" illustrates the absolute certainty of God's judgment. One scholar uses the analogy of hunting, where an animal that evades one trap is immediately confronted by another. This imagery powerfully shows that no human cleverness or effort can thwart God's decreed judgment when it comes.
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Jeremiah
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16th Century
Protestant
By these words the Prophet shows that though the Moabites might adopt many means of escape, yet they would be taken, for God’s hand would everywher…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that flees from the fear From terrible enemies he is afraid of, and dares not face them, but flees, in order to …
