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30 Her young men will fall in the streets and die.
    Her soldiers will all be killed,”
    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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26 Her young men will fall in the streets and die.
    Her soldiers will all be killed,”
    says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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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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21 So let their children starve!
    Let them die by the sword!
Let their wives become childless widows.
    Let their old men die in a plague,
    and let their young men be killed in battle!

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21 So give their children over to famine;(A)
    hand them over to the power of the sword.(B)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;(C)
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men(D) slain by the sword in battle.

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21 For death has crept in through our windows
    and has entered our mansions.
It has killed off the flower of our youth:
    Children no longer play in the streets,
    and young men no longer gather in the squares.

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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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18 Come and eat the flesh of kings, generals, and strong warriors; of horses and their riders; and of all humanity, both free and slave, small and great.”

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18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,(A) free and slave,(B) great and small.”(C)

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15 Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free,(A) hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(B)

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56 Destroying armies come against Babylon.
    Her mighty men are captured,
    and their weapons break in their hands.
For the Lord is a God who gives just punishment;
    he always repays in full.
57 I will make her officials and wise men drunk,
    along with her captains, officers, and warriors.
They will fall asleep
    and never wake up again!”
says the King, whose name is
    the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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56 A destroyer(A) will come against Babylon;
    her warriors will be captured,
    and their bows will be broken.(B)
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
    he will repay(C) in full.
57 I will make her officials(D) and wise(E) men drunk,(F)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep(G) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,(H) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

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Don’t let the archers put on their armor
    or draw their bows.
Don’t spare even her best soldiers!
    Let her army be completely destroyed.[a]
They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians,[b]
    slashed to death in her streets.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:3 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
  2. 51:4 Or Chaldeans; also in 51:54.

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

36 The sword will strike her wise counselors,
    and they will become fools.
The sword will strike her mightiest warriors,
    and panic will seize them.

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36 A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(A)
    They will be filled with terror.(B)

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15 But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed.
    His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,”
    says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
    her finest young men(A) will go down in the slaughter,(B)
    declares the King,(C) whose name is the Lord Almighty.(D)

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15 Anyone who is captured will be cut down—
    run through with a sword.
16 Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes.
    Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.

17 “Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon.
    They cannot be tempted by silver
    or bribed with gold.
18 The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.
    They will have no mercy on helpless babies
    and will show no compassion for children.”

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15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
    all who are caught will fall(A) by the sword.(B)
16 Their infants(C) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
    their houses will be looted and their wives violated.(D)

17 See, I will stir up(E) against them the Medes,(F)
    who do not care for silver
    and have no delight in gold.(G)
18 Their bows(H) will strike down the young men;(I)
    they will have no mercy(J) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.(K)

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