Isaiah 13:14
12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
- KJV
- And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
- WEB
- It will happen that like a hunted gazelle and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.
- ASV
- And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
- DARBY
- And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.
- BLB
- And it has been like the gazelle driven away, or like a sheep without one gathering [it], each man to his people will turn, and each man to his land will flee.
- ÅB
- Og det skal skje: Som et jaget rådyr, slik som sauer som ingen samler, skal de vende seg, hver til sitt folk, og flykte hver til sitt land.
- OTB
- Det vil være som en jaget gaselle, eller som sauer uten noen til å samle dem; hver vil vende seg til sitt eget folk, hver vil flykte til sitt hjemland.
- B1930
- Og det skal skje: Som et jaget rådyr, likesom får som ingen samler, skal de vende sig, hver til sitt folk, og fly hver til sitt land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 50:16
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
Read in context1 Kings 22:17
So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
Read in context1 Kings 22:36
As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
Read in contextJeremiah 51:9
“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
Read in contextIsaiah 17:13
The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Read in contextRevelation 18:9–10
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
Read in contextIsaiah 47:15
This is what they are to you— those with whom you have labored and traded from youth— each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
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