[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 [g]forsaken
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Although their land is (E)full of guilt
[h]Before the Holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:3 M.T. reads Against him who
  2. Jeremiah 51:3 I.e. 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. reads Against him who
  6. Jeremiah 51:4 Or wounded
  7. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit widowed
  8. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit From