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.”

For (D)neither Israel nor Judah has been [e]forsaken
By his God, the Lord of armies,
Although their land is (E)full of guilt
[f]Before the Holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

  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
  5. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit widowed
  6. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit From

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