History is full of accounts of notorious criminals who fled from justice and were fugitives for many years before authorities were able to apprehend them. Many thought they could get away with their crimes, but the law caught up with them. There are also accounts of fugitives who never were apprehended and appear to have escaped justice. Even though a criminal may escape judgment in an earthly courtroom, no one who defies God is able to escape His judgment.

Judgment awaits those who defy God.

ESV passages Jeremiah 50:11-20, 33-40