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Isaiah 30:16–17

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16You said, ‘No, we will fleed on horses.’e

Therefore you will flee!

You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’

Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

17A thousand will flee

at the threat of one;

at the threat of fivef

you will all fleeg away,

till you are lefth

like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,

like a banneri on a hill.”

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Cross references

  1. dJer 46:6
  2. eSee Dt 17:16; 1 Ki 10:28–29; See Ps 20:7; Isa 31:1, 3; 36:8
  3. fSee Lev 26:8
  4. gLev 26:36; Dt 28:25; See 2 Ki 7:7
  5. hSee Isa 1:8
  6. iSee Ps 20:5

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

and you said,

“No! We will flee upon horses”;

therefore you shall flee away;

and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;

therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You say, “No!

We will escape on horses”—

therefore you will escape!—

and, “We will ride on fast horses”—

but those who pursue you will be faster.

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

You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt.

They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’

But the only swiftness you are going to see

is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!

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

and you said,

“No! For we will flee on horses!” Therefore you shall flee!

And, “We will ride on swift horses!” Therefore your pursuers shall be swift!

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

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses;

Therefore shall ye flee:

And, We will ride upon the swift;

Therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

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.