Harness the horses;
mount the steeds;[a]
take your positions with helmets on!
Polish the lances;
put on armor!(A)

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  1. 46:4 Or mount up, riders

Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish(A) your spears,
    put on your armor!(B)

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Don’t let the archer string his bow;
don’t let him put on[a] his armor.(A)
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!

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  1. 51:3 Hb obscure

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.

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  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.