Isaiah 22:25

22:25 “At that time,” ¹  says the Lord who commands armies, “the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” ²  Indeed, ³  the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 24:18

24:18 The one who runs away from the sound of the terror

will fall into the pit; ⁴ 

the one who climbs out of the pit,

will be trapped by the snare.

For the floodgates of the heavens ⁵  are opened up ⁶ 

and the foundations of the earth shake.

[22:25]  ¹ tn Or “In that day” (KJV).

[22:25]  ² sn Eliakim’s authority, though seemingly secure, will eventually be removed, and with it his family’s prominence.

[22:25]  ³ tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[24:18]  ⁴ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[24:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the height”; KJV “from on high.”

[24:18]  ⁶ sn The language reflects the account of the Noahic Flood (see Gen 7:11).