But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath.”
Jeremiah 25:35 - Tree of Life Version For the shepherds will have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath.”
When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
Therefore thus says Adonai. “I will soon bring a disaster on them that they will not be able to escape. They will cry out to Me, yet I will not listen to them.
Hark! The outcry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock! For Adonai is ravaging their pasture.
and King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him mouth to mouth and his eyes will behold his eyes;
and you will not escape out of his hand, but will surely be captured and given into his hand. Your eyes will behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with you mouth to mouth, and you will go to Babylon.”
Then King Zedekiah sent for him and received him in his palace secretly, and the king asked him: “Is there any word from Adonai?” “There is,” Jeremiah said, and he also said, “You shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
But if you do not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans; they will burn it with fire, and you will not escape out of their hand.”
“Then they will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans, and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down with fire.”
“The one who flees from panic will fall into the pit, and one who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. For I will bring on Moab the year of their visitation.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
“However, he rebelled against him in sending his messengers into Egypt, so they might give him horses and many people. Will he succeed? Will one doing such things escape? Will he break a covenant and escape?
“Since he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he had given his hand yet did all these things, he will not escape.
Then flight will fail for the swift. The mighty will not strengthen his power, The warrior will not save his life.