Isaiah 13:14 “Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will retu…”

Isaiah 13:14

Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And it shall be as a chased doe, and as a sheepe that no man taketh vp. euery man shall turne to his owne people, and flee eche one to his owne lande.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people — they turn, And each unto his land — they flee.

Bible in Basic English

And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.

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Cross references

“as the”

1 Kings 22:17 1 Kings 22:36 Isaiah 17:13

1 Kings 22:17 · BSB

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.’”

1 Kings 22:36 · BSB

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!”

Isaiah 17:13 · BSB

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.

“they shall”

Jeremiah 50:16 Jeremiah 51:9 Isaiah 47:15 Revelation 18:9 Revelation 18:10

Jeremiah 50:16 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 51:9 · BSB

“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.”

Isaiah 47:15 · BSB

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.

Revelation 18:9 · BSB

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.

Revelation 18:10 · BSB

In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Therefore 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.

15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

Read Isaiah 13