## A wicked person will be seized by his own iniquities ##

This implies that wicked people will die as a punishment for their sin. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## the cords of his sin will hold him tight ##

Sin is pictured here as a small trap for birds that works with cords. AT: "he is no longer free from his desire to sin." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## he is led astray by his great foolishness ##

AT: "his great foolishness leads him astray" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## by his great foolishness ##

AT: "because he acted very stupidly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])