Isaiah 20:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And the inhabitants of this coastland [the Israelites and their neighbors] will say in that day, See! This is what comes to those in whom we trusted and hoped, to whom we fled for help to deliver us from the king of Assyria! But we, how shall we escape [captivity and exile]?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?

Common English Bible

⁶ “On that day, those who live on this coast will say, ‘Look at those in whom we had hoped, to whom we fled for help and rescue from the king of Assyria. How then will we escape?’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And in that day, the inhabitants of a certain island will say: "Behold, this was our hope, we fled to them for help, to free us from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And now, how will we be able to escape?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And the inhabitants of this isle shall say in that day: Lo, this was our hope, to whom we fled for help, to deliver up from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And how shall we be able to escape?

Isaiah 20:6 Cross References

Job 22:30

He delivers the innocent man; you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

Job 6:20

They are disappointed because they were confident; they come thither and are confounded.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of punishment, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

Jeremiah 30:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.

Jeremiah 31:1

“At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

Jeremiah 4:30

And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.

Jeremiah 47:4

because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,