Isaiah 22:3

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“All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.”

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BSBPD

“All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 22:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 25:4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
  2. 2 Kings 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  3. 2 Kings 25:18The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
  4. Isaiah 3:1For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
  5. Jeremiah 39:4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
  6. Jeremiah 39:5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
  7. Jeremiah 52:24The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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