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Deuteronomy 28:25

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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ASV

Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יִתֶּנְךָ֨yi.ten.Khahe will make youH5414 →
יְהוָ֥ה׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
נִגָּף֮ni.GafdefeatedH5062 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
אֹיְבֶיךָ֒'o.ye.vei.Khaenemies yourH341 →
בְּדֶ֤רֶךְbe.De.rekhin a directionH1870 →
אֶחָד֙'e.ChadoneH259 →
תֵּצֵ֣אte.Tze'you will go outH3318 →
אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lavagainst himH413 →
וּבְשִׁבְעָ֥הu.ve.shiv.'Ahand in sevenH7651 →
דְרָכִ֖יםde.ra.KhimdirectionsH1870 →
תָּנ֣וּסta.Nusyou will fleeH5127 →
לְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440 →
וְהָיִ֣יתָve.ha.Yi.taand you will becomeH1961 →
לְזַעֲוָ֔הle.za.'a.Vah<into> a terrorH2189 →
לְכֹ֖לle.Kholto allH3605 →
מַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.Khot[the] kingdoms ofH4467 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.Joshua 7:4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.Isaiah 30:17A 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.Ezekiel 23:46This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.Deuteronomy 28:7The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.1 Kings 8:33When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.Jeremiah 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 28:8Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.2 Chronicles 29:8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.Leviticus 26:36–37As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.Jeremiah 34:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.Jeremiah 29:18I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.Jeremiah 15:2–9If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’

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