[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

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