Jeremiah 50:24
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I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.

Job 9:4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

Job 40:9
And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?

Jeremiah 48:43
Fear, and the pit, and the snare come upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:44
He that shall flee from the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall get up out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon Moab the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:31
One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other:

Daniel 5:30
The same night Baltasar, the Chaldean king, was slain.

Daniel 5:31
And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.

snare

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.

and thou wast

Jeremiah 51:8,31-39,57 Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed. . . .

Isaiah 21:3-5 Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it. . . .

Daniel 5:30,31 The same night Baltasar, the Chaldean king, was slain. . . .

Revelation 18:7,8 As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen and am no widow: and sorrow I shall not see. . . .

because

Exodus 10:3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.

Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Job 40:2,9 Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him. . . .

Isaiah 13:11 And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.

Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?

2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and is lifted up above all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God.

Context
The Destruction of Babylon
23How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations! 24I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.25The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his wrath: for the Lord the God of hosts hath a work to be done in the land of the Chaldeans.…
Lexicon
I laid a snare
יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי (yā·qō·šə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3369: To lay a bait or lure

for you,
לָ֤ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

O Babylon,
בָּבֶ֔ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

and you
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

were caught
נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙ (nil·kaḏt)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

before you
וְאַ֖תְּ (wə·’at)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

knew it.
יָדָ֑עַתְּ (yā·ḏā·‘at)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

You were found
נִמְצֵאת֙ (nim·ṣêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

and captured
נִתְפַּ֔שְׂתְּ (niṯ·paśt)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you challenged
הִתְגָּרִֽית׃ (hiṯ·gā·rîṯ)
Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1624: To stir up (strife), engage in strife

the LORD.
בַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, O Babylon, and you were not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against the LORD.

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.

They shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not know it, Babylon, that thou wilt even be taken captive: thou art found and taken, because thou didst resist the Lord.

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah.

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.

I have laid a snare for thee, And also -- thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou -- thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.
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