Quotes About Escape

then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.í

so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”

Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

ëFlee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.í

The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ëWhat has happened?í

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.

Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORDís vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the kingís garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.

The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.

And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

But 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?í

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!í

Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

I 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.

Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.