20 occurrences

'Escape' in the Bible

So I, the Lord, say this: 'I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeHearingReceptivenessNo EscapeGod Will Bring Harm

Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians who are besieging it will live. They will escape with their lives.

Verse ConceptsKeeping Oneself AliveDeath Of Other GroupsSurrender

The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

Verse ConceptsNo Escapeimpossible

King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Babylonians. He will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon. He must answer personally to the king of Babylon and confront him face to face.

Verse ConceptsNo Escape

You yourself will not escape his clutches, but will certainly be captured and handed over to him. You must confront the king of Babylon face to face and answer to him personally. Then you must go to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToNo EscapeExile In Prospect

"The Lord says, 'Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians will live. They will escape with their lives.'"

Verse ConceptsKeeping Oneself AliveFamine Killing

But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.'"

Verse ConceptsBurning JerusalemNo EscapeSurrender

"All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the king of Babylon. This city will be burned down."

Verse ConceptsBurning JerusalemNo EscapeTransferring Wives

When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king's garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureComing BetweenTwo Parts Of ConstructionsGardens Attached To Palaces

I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"

Verse ConceptsThe Effects Of FaithTrusting God And Not Worrying

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah managed to escape from Johanan along with eight of his men, and he went on over to Ammon.

Verse ConceptsEight PeopleEscaping From People

All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.'

Verse ConceptsPestilenceNo SurvivorsFamine Killing

None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.'"

Verse ConceptsFugitivesRemnantNo Survivors

Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go."'"

Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofSearchingSelfishnessSeeking For Abstract ThingsGreat ThingsGod Will Bring HarmBeing Yourself

But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat.

Verse ConceptsNorthNo Escape

The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesThose Who DestroyNo Escape

In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsShadows

Kill all the farmers who sow the seed in the land of Babylon. Kill all those who wield the sickle at harvest time. Let all the foreigners return to their own people. Let them hurry back to their own lands to escape destruction by that enemy army.

Verse ConceptsBabylonSicklesNot SowingNot Reaping What You Sow

"Call for archers to come against Babylon! Summon against her all who draw the bow! Set up camp all around the city! Do not allow anyone to escape! Pay her back for what she has done. Do to her what she has done to others. For she has proudly defied me, the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsdefianceInfidelity To GodNo EscapeLet Evil ReboundProud People

They broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king's garden. (The Babylonians had the city surrounded.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsHorticultureComing BetweenCity GatesIsrael Fleeing

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