19 But you have been (A)hurled out of your tomb
Like [a]a rejected branch,
[b]Clothed with those killed who have been pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the (B)pit
Like a (C)trampled corpse.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:19 Lit an abhorred branch
  2. Isaiah 14:19 Or As the clothing of those who are slain

19 But you are cast out(A) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(B)
    with those pierced by the sword,(C)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.(D)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

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25 The Lord has opened His armory
And has brought out the (A)weapons of His indignation,
For it is a (B)work of the Lord [a]God of armies
In the land of the Chaldeans.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:25 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
    and brought out the weapons(A) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
    in the land of the Babylonians.(B)

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Let not [a]him who [b](A)bends his bow [c]bend it,
Nor let him rise up in his (B)coat of armor.
Do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.
They will fall down [d]dead in the land of the Chaldeans,
And (C)pierced through in their streets.”

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  1. Jeremiah 51:3 I.e., the Chaldean defender
  2. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit step(s) on; MT in order to string
  3. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit step(s) on; MT in order to string
  4. Jeremiah 51:4 Lit killed; or wounded

Let not the archer string his bow,(A)
    nor let him put on his armor.(B)
Do not spare her young men;
    completely destroy[a] her army.
They will fall(C) down slain in Babylon,[b]
    fatally wounded in her streets.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Jeremiah 51:4 Or Chaldea