Isaiah 30:16-17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.^(A)
17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one,^(B)
at the threat of five you will flee,
until you alone remain
like a solitary pole on a mountaintop
or a banner on a hill.