Like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one to gather them, all will turn to their own people, and all will flee to their own lands.
Isaiah 21:15 - New Revised Standard Version For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the stress of battle. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war [the press of battle]. American Standard Version (1901) For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. Common English Bible They have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the intensity of battle. Catholic Public Domain Version For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle. |
Like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one to gather them, all will turn to their own people, and all will flee to their own lands.
Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.
Your rulers have all fled together; they were captured without the use of a bow. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of mortals; and a sword, not of humans, shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
At the sound of tumult, peoples fled; before your majesty, nations scattered.