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

For (D)neither Israel nor Judah has been widowed
By his God, by Yahweh of hosts,
Although their land is (E)full of guilt
[g]Before the Holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:3 M.T. Against him who
  2. Jeremiah 51:3 The Chaldean defender
  3. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit tread(s) (in order to string)
  4. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit tread(s) (in order to string)
  5. Jeremiah 51:3 M.T. Against him who
  6. Jeremiah 51:4 Or wounded
  7. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit From