26 (A)Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets,
And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.

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26 Surely, her young men(A) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced(B) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.

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30 (A)Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets,
And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord.

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30 Therefore, her young men(A) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord.

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10 “I sent among you a plague (A)after the manner of Egypt;
Your young men I killed with a sword,
Along with your captive horses;
I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

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10 “I sent plagues(A) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(B)
I killed your young men(C) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(D) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

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22 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall (A)die by famine;

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22 therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men(A) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

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27 “Your (A)riches, wares, and merchandise,
Your mariners and pilots,
Your caulkers and merchandisers,
All your men of war who are in you,
And the entire company which is in your midst,
Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.

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27 Your wealth,(A) merchandise and wares,
    your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
    and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea(B)
    on the day of your shipwreck.

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21 “Young(A) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the (B)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.

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21 “Young and old lie together
    in the dust of the streets;
my young men and young women
    have fallen by the sword.(A)
You have slain them in the day of your anger;
    you have slaughtered them without pity.(B)

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Against her (A)let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
(B)Utterly destroy all her army.
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
(C)And those thrust through in her streets.

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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)

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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

21 For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off (A)the children—[a]no longer to be outside!
And the young men—[b]no longer on the streets!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from outside
  2. Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from the square

21 Death has climbed in through our windows(A)
    and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
    and the young men(B) from the public squares.

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