Isaiah 30:16

But ye said, No; 1 for we will flee upon sus; 1 therefore shall ye flee; 1 and, We will ride off upon the swift; 1 therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15For thus saith 1 Adonoi Hashem Kadosh Yisroel; 1 In shuvah (returning) and rest shall ye be saved; 1 in quietness and in confidence shall be your gevurah (strength); 1 but ye would not. 1

17Elef echad shall flee at the threat of one; 1 at the threat of five shall ye flee; 1 until ye be left as a pole upon the top of the har, 1 and as a nes (banner, flag) on a hill. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Hashem shall bring a nation against thee from afar, from the ketzeh ha'aretz, as swift as the nesher flieth; a nation whose lashon thou shalt not understand;

Job 39:11Wilt thou depend on him, because his ko'ach is great, 1 or wilt thou hand over thy heavy work to him? 1

Psalms 147:10He delighteth not in the gevurat hasus: 1 He taketh not pleasure in the shokayim of an ish (legs of a man). 1

Isaiah 10:28He comes to Ayat, 1 passes through Migron; 1 at Michmas he hath left his supplies; 1

Isaiah 31:3Now the Mitzrayim are adam, 1 and not El (G-d); and their susim basar, 1 and not ruach. When Hashem shall stretch out His yad, 1 both he that helpeth shall fall, 1 and he that is helped shall stumble, 1 and they all shall come to an end together. 1

Jeremiah 52:7Then the Ir was broken through, and all the anshei hamilchamah fled, and went forth out of the Ir by lailah by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was near the Gan HaMelech; (now the Kasdim + 52:7 Chaldeans were surrounding the Ir); and they fled by the derech HaAravah.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:9-18

Doom of Incorrigible Sinners. ( b. c. 720.) 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord : 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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