Isaiah 30:16 Cross References - Thomson

¹⁶ but said, "We will flee on horses." Therefore flee you shall. And, "We will mount swift coursers, " therefore swift shall be your pursuers.

²⁵ May the Lord deliver thee up to slaughter before thine enemies, so that thou mayst go out one way to meet them, and flee seven ways from before them; and be a dispersion among all the kingdoms of the earth;

⁴⁹ The Lord will bring against thee a nation from afar; from the extremity of the earth, with the impetuosity of an eagle; A nation whose voice thou shalt not understand;

⁵ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued him and overtook him at Araboth of Jericho. When all his army was dispersed from about him,

¹⁷ A horse is a false thing for safety; nor can he with all his power save himself.

¹⁰ In the courage of the horse he will not delight, nor is he pleased with the agility of the warrior.

²⁶ Therefore he will erect a standard among the nations far off, and summon them from the extremity of the earth; and behold! with speed they are coming swiftly. ²⁷ They will not hunger, nor will they be weary: they will not slumber, nor lie down to sleep; nor shall their girdles be loosed from their loins, nor the latchets of their sandals broken. ²⁸ Their arrows are sharp; and their bows are bent: the hoofs of their horses have been accounted as flint, and the wheels of their chariots are like a whirlwind. ²⁹ They growl like lions, and are at hand like young lions. He will seize and roar like a wild beast and drive out the people, and there shall be none to deliver them. ³⁰ On that day he will roar against them like the roaring of the billowy sea; and they will look upwards to the heaven and down on the earth; and lo! distressful darkness in their tribulation.

²⁸ For he will come to the city Aggai, and pass on to Mageddo; and at Machmas he will deposit his baggage: ²⁹ then he will pass the valley and come to Aggai. Terror will seize Rama the city of Saul; ³⁰ the daughter of Galleim will flee: he will be heard of at Laisa; he will be heard of at Anathoth. ³¹ When Madebena hath fainted; then, inhabitants of Gibbeir, ³² comfort with the news of his halting a day on his march with the hand comfort the mount, the daughter of Sion. And as for you, hills, which are in Jerusalem,

¹ ALAS! They went down to Egypt for help! They trusted in horses and chariots; for they have many and their cavalry is very numerous; and did not rely on the Holy One of Israel, nor did they ask counsel of the Lord.

³ against an Egyptian; a man, not a god; against the flesh of horses in which there is no help. When the Lord shall lay his hand upon them, then shall these helpers fail and be all destroyed together.

¹³ Behold he shall come up like a cloud, and his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. [p] Alas for us! we are undone!

⁷ When a breach was made into the city, all the men who were warriors went out by night by the way of the gate between the outer and the inner wall, which was along the king's garden, [though the Chaldeans were all around the city;] and took the road to Araba.

¹⁹ They who pursue us are swifter than eagles in the air; they overtook us on the mountains. They lay in wait for us in the desert.

¹⁴ so that flight shall perish from the swift runner; and the strong will not be master of his strength; and the warrior shall not save his life. ¹⁵ And the bowman shall not stand, nor shall the swift of foot escape; even the horseman shall not save his life. ¹⁶ The mighty will not know how to act with their forces: the naked shall, in that day, pursue, saith the Lord.

¹ I saw the Lord standing on the altar, and he said, Smite the propitiatory and let the porches be shaken, and cut them down on the heads of them all; and those of them who are left I will slay with the sword. Such of them as flee shall not get away; and such of them as escape shall not be saved.

¹³ Was it the inhabitant of Lachis? She is a leader to sin for the daughter of Sion. Because in thee have been found the impieties of Israel,

⁸ His horses can out leap leopards and are swifter than the lynxes of Arabia. When his horsemen have mounted, they will rush impetuously from afar, and will fly like an eagle, eager for prey.