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

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

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.
They will fall(C) down slain in Babylon,[b]
    fatally wounded in her streets.(D)
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.

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Footnotes

  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.
  2. Jeremiah 51:4 Or Chaldea
  3. Jeremiah 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians