We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter's snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

till an arrow pierces his liver -- like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.

The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God, yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths; animosity rages against him in the land of his God.

Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

And David says, "Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.