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Isaiah 30:17

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One thousand [shall flee] at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

One {H259} thousand {H505} shall flee at {H6440} the rebuke {H1606} of one {H259}; at {H6440} the rebuke {H1606} of five {H2568} shall ye flee {H5127}: till ye be left {H3498} as a beacon {H8650} upon the top {H7218} of a mountain {H2022}, and as an ensign {H5251} on an hill {H1389}.

A thousand will flee at the threat of one, you all will flee at the threat of five, until you are left isolated, like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill."

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 28:25 (6 votes)

    The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Deuteronomy 32:30 (5 votes)

    How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

  • Leviticus 26:36 (5 votes)

    And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

  • Leviticus 26:8 (4 votes)

    And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

  • Joshua 23:10 (4 votes)

    One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he [it is] that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

  • Proverbs 28:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • Romans 11:17 (2 votes)

    And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;