Surely in vain... — The second reason: their folly in so doing, for God will bring punishment upon them; in the “same net which they hid privily will their foot be taken “(Psalms 9:15). Even birds are wiser than they. It is useless to spread a net in the sight of any bird.
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Proverbs 1:17
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.