Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Ver. 17. Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee.] Metaphora a venatoribus, a metaphor from hunters, elegantly expressed in the original by words of a like sound. God hath variety of plagues at command; his quiver is full of shafts, neither can he possibly want a weapon to beat his rebels with. If the Amorites escape the sword, yet they are brained with hailstones Jos 10:11 If the Syrians get into a walled town, yet they are baned by the fall of a wall upon them. 1Ki 20:30