Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 24:18

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 .

Upon the Report of some terrible Evil coming towards him, the Act fear, being here put for the Object, or the thing feared, as it is in many places. And thus this very Phrase is taken Iob 15. 21.

When he designs to avoid one Danger, by so doing he shall plunge himself into another, and a greater Mischief.

Both Heaven and Earth conspire against him. He alludes to the Deluge of Waters which God poured down from Heaven, and to the Earthquakes which he oft-times causeth below.

Marginal references: Gen. 7. 11.; Psal. 18. 7.