pit

Yet thou shalt be brought downe to hel, to the sides of the pit.

But thou art cast out of thy graue, like an abominable branch: and as the raiment of those that are slaine, thrust through with a sword, that goe downe to the stones of the pit, as a carkeis troden vnder feete.

Feare, and the pit, & the snare are vpon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

And it shall come to passe, that he who fleeth from the noise of the feare, shall fall into the pit; and he that commeth vp out of the midst of the pit, shalbe taken in the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth doe shake.

1611 marginal noteIere.48.44.

And they shalbe gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut vp in the prison, and after many dayes shall they bee visited.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with the gathering of prisoners.

1611 marginal noteOr, dungeon.

1611 marginal noteOr, found wanting.

And he shall breake it as the breaking of the potters vessell, that is broken in pieces, he shall not spare; so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it, a sheard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withall out of the pit.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the bottell of potters.

Behold, for peace I had great bitternesse, but thou hast in loue to my soule deliuered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe.

1611 marginal noteOr, on my peace came great bitternesse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thou hast loued me from the pit.

For the graue cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy trueth.

¶ Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousnesse, ye that seeke the LORD: looke vnto the rocke whence yee are hewen, and to the hole of the pitte whence ye are digged.

The captiue exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that hee should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should faile.