Isaiah 20:6
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
KJV
Et dicet habitator insulæ hujus in die illa : Ecce hæc erat spes nostra, ad quos confugimus in auxilium, ut liberarent nos a facie regis Assyriorum : et quomodo effugere poterimus nos ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἐροῦσιν οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ταύτῃ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ Ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἦμεν πεποιθότες τοῦ φυγεῖν εἰς αὐτοὺς εἰς βοήθειαν, οἳ οὐκ ἐδύναντο σωθῆναι ἀπὸ βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων· καὶ πῶς ἡμεῖς σωθησόμεθα;
LXX
And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
ASV
וְ֠/אָמַר יֹשֵׁ֨ב הָ/אִ֣י הַ/זֶּה֮ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/הוּא֒ הִנֵּה כֹ֣ה מַבָּטֵ֗/נוּ אֲשֶׁר נַ֤סְנוּ שָׁם֙ לְ/עֶזְרָ֔ה לְ/הִ֨נָּצֵ֔ל מִ/פְּנֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וְ/אֵ֖יךְ נִמָּלֵ֥ט אֲנָֽחְנוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Heb 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- Isa 10:3 — And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
- Jer 4:30 — And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou
- Jer 47:4 — Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Cap
- Matt 23:33 — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?