He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Those who dig a pit to trap others fall into the ditch they themselves have made. A person who works to bring harm upon his neighbors ends by suffering that harm himself. So it was when Woolsey tried to bring Jones and Lunt down, while his own debts and failing business left him in a worse condition than they were.
Those who dig a pit to trap others fall into the ditch they themselves have made. A person who works to bring harm upon his neighbors ends by suffering that harm himself. So it was when Woolsey tried to bring Jones and Lunt down, while his own debts and failing business left him in a worse condition than they were.