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Isaiah 30:17

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17A thousand of you will run away when you see one enemy soldier, and five soldiers will be enough to make you all run away. Nothing will be left of your army except a lonely flagstaff on the top of a hill!

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;

at the threat of five you shall flee,

till you are left

like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,

like a signal on a hill.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A thousand will flee

at the threat of one;

at the threat of five

you will all flee away,

till you are left

like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,

like a banner on a hill.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One thousand will flee at the threat of one,

at the threat of five you will flee,

until you remain

like a solitary pole on a mountaintop

or a banner on a hill.

NLTNew Living Translation

One of them will chase a thousand of you.

Five of them will make all of you flee.

You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill

or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

One thousand because of a threat of one,

because of a threat of five you shall flee,

until you are left like a flagstaff on top of a mountain,

and like a signal on a hill.

KJV 1900King James Version

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one;

At the rebuke of five shall ye flee:

Till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain,

And as an ensign on an hill.