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Jeremiah 49:25-27
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 49:25-27
Contemporary English Version
25 Once I was pleased
with your famous city.
But now I warn you, “Escape
while you still can!”[a]
26 Soon, even your best soldiers
will lie dead in your streets.
I, the Lord All-Powerful,
have spoken.
27 I will set fire to your city walls
and burn down the fortresses
King Benhadad built.
Footnotes
- 49.25 can: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 25.
Jeremiah 49:25-27
New International Version
Jeremiah 49:25-27
New International Version
25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
the town in which I delight?
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.
27 “I will set fire(C) to the walls of Damascus;(D)
it will consume(E) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.(F)”
Jeremiah 49:25-27
King James Version
Jeremiah 49:25-27
King James Version
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
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