As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times^(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.^(B)

²² Hyenas^(A) will inhabit her strongholds,^(B)
    jackals^(C) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,^(D)
    and her days will not be prolonged.^(E)

³ For the day is near,^(A)
    the day of the Lord^(B) is near—
a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for the nations.