Flee! Wander far off! Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says Yahweh; “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
Parallel translations
- KJV Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
- BSB Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
- NKJV “Flee, get far away! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor!” says the Lord. “For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, And has conceived a plan against you.
- NASB “Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths, You inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord; “For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you And devised a scheme against you.
- NLT Run for your lives,” says the Lord. “Hide yourselves in deep caves, you people of Hazor, for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has plotted against you and is preparing to destroy you.
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Quick answer
God urges the people of Hazor to flee far away, for Nebuchadnezzar has planned their destruction. Even God's warning to flee underscores the certainty of the coming blow.
Overview
The LORD discloses that Babylon's king has formed a deliberate plan against Hazor. The summons to flee reveals both the seriousness of the threat and a measure of warning. Ultimately the verse shows that human plans, like Nebuchadnezzar's, serve God's larger purposes over the nations (Proverbs 21:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jer 27:6Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have also given the animals of the field to him to serve him.
- Isa 10:7However he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
- Jer 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,” says Yahweh, “and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around. I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jer 25:24–25and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;
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