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Isaiah 30:17

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֶ֣לֶף'E.lefa thousandH505 →
אֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
מִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
גַּעֲרַ֣תga.'a.Rat[the] threat ofH1606 →
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
מִפְּנֵ֛יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
גַּעֲרַ֥תga.'a.Rat[the] threat ofH1606 →
חֲמִשָּׁ֖הcha.mi.ShahfiveH2568 →
תָּנֻ֑סוּta.Nu.suyou will fleeH5127 →
עַ֣ד'aduntilH5704 →
אִם־'im-<if>H518 →
נוֹתַרְתֶּ֗םno.tar.Temyou have been leftH3498 →
כַּתֹּ֙רֶן֙ka.To.renlike <the> flagstaffH8650 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] top ofH7218 →
הָהָ֔רha.Har<the> mountainH2022 →
וְכַנֵּ֖סve.kha.Nesand like <the> standardH5251 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ha.giv.'Ah<the> hillH1389 →

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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.Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.Leviticus 26:36As 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.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 26:8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.John 15:2–6He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.2 Chronicles 24:24Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.Joshua 7:4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.Romans 11:17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,Jeremiah 4:29Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.1 Samuel 17:24When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.Isaiah 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.Isaiah 37:3–4to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.Matthew 24:21–22For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.Isaiah 6:13And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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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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