Looking for any references to a prophetic snare, that shall catch out the workers of iniquity in some way
It may be you're thinking of the Judgement Day belief common in several religions... such as the Chinvat bridge mentyioned in Zoroastrian scripture:
The Religion, innate wisdom and wisdom acquired
through the ears, and the instruction of, and guidance for all
who are, were, and will be, and the science of sciences, viz.,
the bountiful Manthra, so that the soul at the Chinwad bridge
may be released from hell, and may cause them to pass over the
(The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta - Book of Common Prayer pt. 2)
In Hadith:
Then a bridge will be laid across Hell (Fire)' I and my followers will be the first
ones to go across it and none will speak on that Day except the Apostles. And the
invocation of the Apostles on that Day will be, 'O Allah, save! Save!' In Hell (or
over The Bridge) there will be hooks like the thorns of As-Sa'dan (thorny plant).
(Hadith, Bukhari Vol 9)
Then the "Resurrection" appeared, the "Day of Judgment" became manifest, the "earth" heaved and shook, the "mountains" were levelled, the "seas" boiled, the "sun" was eclipsed, the "luminaries" were darkened, the "stars" scattered, the "signs" became known, the "bridge" expanded, the "conditions" were fulfilled, the "balance" was set up, the "fire" burned fiercely and the "paradise" became begemmed! -- wherefore the devoted ones entered into delectable gardens with beatitude and the veiled ones were left to amuse themselves with their own imaginations; the possessors of perception beheld the lights and those whose eyes were weak vanished in gloomy darkness before the appearance of the mid-day Sun!
(Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v2, p. 396)
