15 Why are your valiant men swept away?
They did not stand
Because the Lord drove them away.
16 He 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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15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.

16 He 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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15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(A)
16 They 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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15 Why have your (A)powerful ones been cut down?
They do not stand because the Lord has (B)thrust them away.
16 They have repeatedly (C)stumbled;
Indeed, they have fallen, one against another.
Then they said, ‘Get up, and (D)let’s go back
To our own people and our native land,
Away from the [a](E)sword of the oppressor!’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:16 Lit oppressing sword