Isaiah 24:18

And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

Cross-reference

In Job 18:8-16, the wicked is caught in a net and snare, and terrors surround him—directly mirroring the pit and snare imagery.

Amos 5:19 Parallel

In Amos 5:19, a man flees a lion only to meet a bear—virtually identical to the threefold escalation of danger here.

1 Kings 19:17 describes a chain of judgment — escaping one sword leads to another — mirroring Isaiah's progression from flee to pit to snare.

Jeremiah 15:2 lists a series of appointed fates (pestilence, sword, famine, captivity) — an inescapable progression similar to Isaiah's pit and snare.

Jeremiah 48:43 repeats the exact triplet 'terror, pit, snare' from Isaiah 24:18, directly echoing the judgment oracle against Moab.

Lamentations 3:47 pairs 'terror and pit' (pachad wapachat), closely mirroring the opening words of Isaiah's triplet.

Ezekiel 12:13 uses the same snare imagery — 'caught in my snare' — echoing the inescapable trap of judgment.

Genesis 14:10 records kings falling into tar pits while fleeing, a literal parallel to Isaiah's image of falling into a pit from terror.

In 1 Kings 20:30, fleeing enemies die when a wall falls—a specific example of escaping danger into destruction.

Ezekiel 15:7 describes escaping fire only to be consumed by fire — similar to fleeing terror into pit/snare inescapable judgment.

Luke 21:35 Parallel

Luke 21:35 warns of judgment coming like a trap on all people — mirroring the snare imagery and universal scope.