The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leader of the flock to escape.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
- BSB Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.
- NKJV And the shepherds will have no way to flee, Nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
- NASB “There will be no sanctuary for the shepherds, Nor escape for the masters of the flock.
- NLT You will find no place to hide; there will be no way to escape.
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Quick answer
The shepherds will find no way to flee and the leaders no way to escape. There is no refuge from God's judgment for the rulers.
Overview
God declares that escape is impossible for the nations' leaders when His judgment falls. Their power and position avail nothing against the LORD's decree. The verse underscores the inescapability of divine justice, leaving repentance as the only hope.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.”
- Amos 2:14Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
- Jer 32:4and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;
- Jer 48:44“He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.
- Jer 38:23They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burned with fire.’”
- Jer 38:18But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you won’t escape out of their hand.’”
- Jer 52:24–27The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
- Isa 2:12–22For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:
- Isa 24:21–23It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
- Dan 5:30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
- Amos 9:1–3I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
- Ezek 17:18For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.
- Ezek 17:15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
- Rev 19:19–21I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.
- Jer 52:8–11but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
- Rev 6:14–17The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- Jer 34:3You won’t escape out of his hand, but will surely be taken, and delivered into his hand. Your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with you mouth to mouth. You will go to Babylon.”’
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