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30 Therefore her young men will fall in the streets.
All her soldiers will be silenced in that day, declares the Lord.
31 Look, I am against you, you proud one, declares the Lord God of Armies.
Your day has come,
the time for your punishment.
32 The proud king[a] will stumble and fall,
and no one will help him up.
In his cities I will start a fire
    that will consume everyone around him.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:32 The Hebrew text does not contain the word king, but the pronouns shift from feminine to masculine, suggesting a reference to the king.

30 Therefore, her young men(A) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord.
31 “See, I am against(B) you, you arrogant one,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day(C) has come,
    the time for you to be punished.
32 The arrogant(D) one will stumble and fall(E)
    and no one will help her up;(F)
I will kindle a fire(G) in her towns
    that will consume all who are around her.”

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