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Jeremiah 5:16-18
New English Translation
Jeremiah 5:16-18
New English Translation
16 All its soldiers are strong and mighty.[a]
Their arrows will send you to your grave.[b]
17 They will eat up your crops and your food.
They will kill off[c] your sons and your daughters.
They will eat up your sheep and your cattle.
They will destroy your vines and your fig trees.[d]
Their weapons will batter down[e]
the fortified cities you trust in.
18 “Yet even then[f] I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 5:16 tn Heb “All of them are mighty warriors.”
- Jeremiah 5:16 tn Heb “his quiver [is] an open grave.” The order of the lines has been reversed to make the transition from “nation” to “their arrows” easier.
- Jeremiah 5:17 tn Heb “eat up.”
- Jeremiah 5:17 tn Or “eat up your grapes and figs”; Heb “eat up your vines and your fig trees.”sn It was typical for an army in time of war in the ancient Near East not only to eat up the crops but to destroy the means of further production.
- Jeremiah 5:17 tn Heb “They will beat down with the sword.” The term “sword” is a figure of speech (synecdoche) for military weapons in general. Siege ramps, not swords, beat down city walls; swords kill people, not city walls.
- Jeremiah 5:18 tn Heb “in those days.”
Jeremiah 5:16-18
New International Version
Jeremiah 5:16-18
New International Version
16 Their quivers(A) are like an open grave;
all of them are mighty warriors.
17 They will devour(B) your harvests and food,
devour(C) your sons and daughters;
they will devour(D) your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.(E)
With the sword(F) they will destroy
the fortified cities(G) in which you trust.(H)
18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(I) you completely.
Jeremiah 5:16-18
International Children’s Bible
Jeremiah 5:16-18
International Children’s Bible
16 Their arrows bring death.
All their men are strong warriors.
17 They will eat your crops and your food.
They will eat your sons and daughters.
They will eat your flocks and herds.
They will eat your grapes and figs.
They will destroy with their swords
the strong, walled cities you trust in!
18 “Yet even then,” says the Lord, “I will not destroy you completely.
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Jeremiah 5:16-18
King James Version
Jeremiah 5:16-18
King James Version
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.
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