Lexicon :: Strong's H6341 - paḥ

“A snare catches him by the heel,

And a trap snaps shut on him.

“Therefore snares surround you,

And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;

Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;

Fire and [fn]brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].

May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];

And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.

For He will save you from the trap of the fowler,

And from the deadly pestilence.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,

Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;

The trap is broken and we have escaped.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;

They have spread a net by the wayside;

They have set traps for me. Selah.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the snares of those who do evil.

When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],

You knew my path.

In the way where I walk

They have hidden a trap for me.

Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];

Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,

He did not know that it would cost him his life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate [for their lack of honor and their wrong-doing traps them];

He who guards himself [with godly wisdom] will be far from them and avoid the consequences they suffer.

“Then He shall be a sanctuary [a sacred, indestructible shelter for those who fear and trust Him];

But to both the houses of Israel [both the northern and southern kingdoms—Israel and Judah, He will be] a stone on which to stumble and a rock on which to trip,

A trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare

Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.

Let an outcry be heard from their houses

When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them,

For they have dug a pit to capture me

And have hidden snares for my feet.

“Terror and pit and snare are before you,

O inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.

Hear this and pay close attention, O priests!

Give heed, O house of Israel!

Listen, O house of the king!

For the [pronounced] judgment pertains to you and is meant for you to hear,

Because you have been a snare at Mizpah

And a net spread out over Tabor (military strongholds on either side of the Jordan River).

Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a [true] prophet [to warn the nation];

But the snare of a bird catcher was laid in all his paths.

And there is only deep hostility in the house of his God (the land of Israel).

Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it?

Does a trap spring up from the ground when it has caught nothing at all? [Of course not! So it is that Israel has earned her impending judgment.]