Lexicon :: Strong's H4422 - mālaṭ

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

No one has authority over the wind[fn] to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

“And the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, this is what has happened to those we relied on and fled to for help to rescue us from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape? ’ ”

Like hovering birds,

so the LORD of Armies will protect Jerusalem;

by protecting it, he will rescue it;

by passing over it, he will deliver it.

Sand partridges[fn] will make their nests there;

they will lay and hatch their eggs

and will gather their broods under their shadows.

Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,

each with its mate.

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esar-haddon became king in his place.

The gods cower; they crouch together;

they are not able to rescue the burden,

but they themselves go into captivity.

Can the prey be taken from a mighty man,

or the captives of a tyrant[fn] be delivered?

Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;

before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

“King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Chaldeans; indeed, he will certainly be handed over to Babylon’s king. They will speak face to face[fn] and meet eye to eye.

“As for you, you will not escape from him but are certain to be captured and handed over to him. You will meet the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak face to face;[fn] you will go to Babylon.

“But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans. They will burn it, and you yourself will not escape from them.’ ”

“Indeed, I will certainly deliver you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in me, you will retain your life like the spoils of war. This is the LORD’s declaration.’ ”

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.

The swift cannot flee,

and the warrior cannot escape!

In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,

they stumble and fall.

Flee! Save your lives!

Be like a juniper bush[fn] in the wilderness.

Leave Babylon;

save your lives, each of you!

Don’t perish because of her guilt.

For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance —

he will pay her what she deserves.

“However, this king revolted against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so they might give him horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape?

“Since he heard the sound of the ram’s horn but ignored the warning, his death is his own fault.[fn] If he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

“He will also invade the beautiful land, and many will fall. But these will escape from his power: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people[fn] of the Ammonites.

At that time

Michael, the great prince

who stands watch over your people, will rise up.

There will be a time of distress

such as never has occurred

since nations came into being until that time.

But at that time all your people

who are found written in the book will escape.

Then everyone who calls

on the name of the LORD will be saved,

for there will be an escape

for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,

as the LORD promised,

among the survivors the LORD calls.

Escape will fail the swift,

the strong one will not maintain his strength,

and the warrior will not save his life.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:

Strike the capitals of the pillars

so that the thresholds shake;

knock them down on the heads of all the people.

Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.

None of those who flee will get away;

none of the fugitives will escape.

“Listen, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”

“So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”