But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
Jeremiah 25:35 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Flight shall fail the shepherds, and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal ones of the flock any means of escape. American Standard Version (1901) And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. Common English Bible The shepherds have no place to hide; the masters of the flock can’t escape. Catholic Public Domain Version And escape will flee from the shepherds, and safety will flee from the nobility of the flock." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to save themselves. |
But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
Look on my right hand and see: there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.
Therefore, thus says the Lord, assuredly I am going to bring disaster upon them that they cannot escape; though they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.
Listen! The cry of the shepherds and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,
King Zedekiah of Judah shall not escape out of the hands of the Chaldeans but shall surely be given into the hands of the king of Babylon and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye,
And you yourself shall not escape from his hand but shall surely be captured and handed over to him; you shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face, and you shall go to Babylon.
Then King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You shall be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city shall be handed over to the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand.”
“All your wives and your children shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand but shall be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire.”
Everyone who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and everyone who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the trap. For I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?
Because he despised the oath and broke the covenant, because he gave his hand and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain their strength, nor shall the mighty save their lives;