Jeremiah 25:35

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“Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.”

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BSBPD

“Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 25:35 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
  2. Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
  3. Isaiah 24:21In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
  4. Jeremiah 32:4Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
  5. Jeremiah 34:3And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
  6. Jeremiah 37:17Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
  7. Jeremiah 38:18But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
  8. Jeremiah 38:23All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
  9. Jeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  10. Jeremiah 52:8but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
  11. Jeremiah 52:24The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
  12. Ezekiel 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
  13. Ezekiel 17:18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
  14. Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
  15. Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
  16. Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
  17. Revelation 6:14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
  18. Revelation 19:19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.

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