Jeremiah 39:4

New American Bible - revised edition

When Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all his warriors saw this, they fled, leaving the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through a gate between the two walls. He went in the direction of the Arabah,

Cross References

Amos 2:14

Flight shall elude the swift, and the strong shall not retain strength; The warrior shall not save his life,

2 Chronicles 32:5

He then looked to his defenses: he rebuilt the wall where it was broken down, raised towers upon it, and built another wall outside. He strengthened the Millo of the City of David and made a great number of spears and shields.

Ezekiel 12:12

The prince among them shall shoulder his load in darkness and go out through the hole they dug in the wall to bring him out. His face shall be covered so that he cannot even see the ground.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord will let you be beaten down before your enemies; though you advance against them from one direction, you will flee before them in seven, so that you will become an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 26:36

Those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies, I will make so fainthearted that the sound of a driven leaf will pursue them, and they shall run as if from the sword, and fall though no one pursues them;

Leviticus 26:17

I will turn against you, and you will be beaten down before your enemies and your foes will lord it over you. You will flee though no one pursues you.

Isaiah 22:11

you made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to the city’s Maker, nor consider the one who fashioned it long ago.

Jeremiah 32:4

Zedekiah, king of Judah, shall not escape the hands of the Chaldeans: he shall indeed be handed over to the king of Babylon. He shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

Ezekiel 12:4

During the day, while they watch, bring out your bag, an exile’s bag. In the evening, again while they watch, go out as if into exile.

Isaiah 22:3

All your leaders fled away together, they were captured without use of bow; All who were found were captured together, though they had fled afar off.

Isaiah 29:2

But I will bring distress upon Ariel, and there will be mourning and moaning. You shall be to me like Ariel:

Jeremiah 32:5

He shall take Zedekiah to Babylon. There he shall remain, until I attend to him—oracle of the Lord. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you cannot win!”