Jeremiah 46:15-16

New King James Version

¹⁵Why are your valiant men swept away?
They did not stand
Because the Lord drove them away.
¹⁶He made many fall;
Yes, ^(A)one fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
^(B)Let us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’

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Jeremiah 46:15-16

King James Version

¹⁵Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.

¹⁶He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

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Jeremiah 46:15-16

New International Version

¹⁵Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.^(A)
¹⁶They will stumble^(B) repeatedly;
    they will fall^(C) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people^(D) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’^(E)

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Jeremiah 46:15-16

English Standard Version

¹⁵Why are your mighty ones face down?
    They do not stand^[a]
    because the Lord thrust them down.
¹⁶He made many stumble, ^(A)and they fell,
    and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    ^(B)because of the sword of the oppressor.’