they shall not escape

 

I had this idea that the phrase, "I come as a thief" must be a quote from something in literature - a poem, Shakespeare, or whatever....

Googled - it's from the Bible - First Thessalonians, Chapter 5, Verses 1 to 4:

"But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."

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