31 Or “like a gazelle being chased.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in .
32 Heb “his people” (cf. , , , ) or “his nation” (cf. “their own countries”).
33 Heb “carried off,” i.e., grabbed from the fleeing crowd. See ספה.
34 Heb “will fall” (so , , ); “will be run through with a sword.”

In other versions

And like a hunted gazelle,

or like sheep with none to gather them,

each will turn to his own people,

and each will flee to his own land.

Whoever is found will be thrust through,

and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

Like a hunted gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd,

they will all return to their own people,

they will flee to their native land.

Whoever is captured will be thrust through;

all who are caught will fall by the sword.

Like wandering gazelles

and like sheep without a shepherd,

each one will turn to his own people,

each one will flee to his own land.

Whoever is found will be stabbed,

and whoever is caught will die by the sword.

Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd.

They will try to find their own people

and flee to their own land.

Anyone who is captured will be cut down—

run through with a sword.

And this shall happen:

like a hunted gazelle or sheep with none to gather them,

they will each turn to his own people,

and they will each flee to his own land.

Everyone who is found will be pierced through,

and everyone who is carried away will fall by the sword.

And it shall be as the chased roe,

And as a sheep that no man taketh up:

They shall every man turn to his own people,

And flee every one into his own land.

Every one that is found shall be thrust through;

And every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

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