Isaiah 30:17

One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; ¹  at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, ²  until the remaining few are as isolated ³  as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill.”

Le 26:8,36; De 28:25; De 32:30; Jos 23:10; Ne 1:2,3; Pr 28:1; Isa 1:7,8; Isa 6:13; Isa 27:11; Isa 37:3,4; Jer 37:10; Zep 3:12; Zec 13:8,9; Mt 24:21,22; Joh 15:2-6; Ro 11:17

¹ tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.

² tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.

³ tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).