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Isaiah 30:16

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

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ASV

but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

KJV

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֨אמְר֥וּva.To.me.Ruand you saidH559 →
לֹא־lo'-In-H3808 →
כִ֛יkhideedH3588 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
ס֥וּסsushorse[s]H5483 →
נָנ֖וּסna.Nuswe will fleeH5127 →
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֣ןken-foreH3651 →
תְּנוּס֑וּןte.nu.Sunyou will flee !H5127 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
קַ֣לkalswift [horse][s]H7031 →
נִרְכָּ֔בnir.Kavwe will rideH7392 →
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֖ןken-foreH3651 →
יִקַּ֥לּוּyi.Ka.luthey will prove swiftH7043 →
רֹדְפֵיכֶֽם׃ro.de.fei.Khem[those who] pursue youH7291 →

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Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”Isaiah 2:7Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.Deuteronomy 28:25The 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.Psalms 33:17A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.2 Chronicles 28:20Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,Isaiah 5:26–30He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!Micah 1:13Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.Amos 2:14–16Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.Isaiah 10:28–32Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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