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Jeremiah 18:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jeremiah 18:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 So now, give their children[a] to famine,(A)
deliver them to the power of the sword.
Let their wives be childless and widows;
let their husbands die of pestilence,
their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.
Footnotes
- 18:21 Give their children: often an extended family is meant, to be rewarded or punished as a unit.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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