It will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one gathering. Each will return to his own people, each will flee to his own country.
Isaiah 21:15 - Tree of Life Version For they fled from swords, from drawn sword, from bent bow and distress of war. 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. |
It will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one gathering. Each will return to his own people, each will flee to his own country.
Everyone found will be thrust through. Everyone caught will fall by the sword.
The nations will rush in like the rumbling of many waters, but He will rebuke them so they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the hills before the wind, like whirling dust before the storm.
All your rulers have fled together, then captured without a bow. All who were caught were taken into exile together, though they had fled far off.
“Then Assyria will fall, not by a sword of man, so a sword not of man will devour him and he will flee from the sword. His young men will be put to forced labor.
From the noise of tumult people will flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations will be scattered.