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Jeremiah 51:3-5
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:3-5
International Standard Version
3 Don’t let the archer[a] bend the bow;
don’t let him rise up in his armor.
Don’t spare her young men.
Completely destroy her entire army.
4 The slain will fall in the land of Chaldea,
pierced through in her streets.
5 Indeed, Israel and Judah haven’t been
abandoned[b] by their[c] God,
by the Lord of the Heavenly Armies,
although their land is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:3 Lit. one who bends the bow
- Jeremiah 51:5 Lit. widowed
- Jeremiah 51:5 Lit. his
Jeremiah 51:3-5
New International Version
Jeremiah 51:3-5
New International Version
3 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.
4 They will fall(C) down slain in Babylon,[b]
fatally wounded in her streets.(D)
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken(E)
by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land[c] is full of guilt(F)
before the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Jeremiah 51:4 Or Chaldea
- Jeremiah 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians
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