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Let the archers draw their bows;
    let them prepare their armor.
Show no mercy to her young men;
    wipe out her entire company!
They will fall wounded in the land of Babylon,
    struck down in her streets.
God, the Lord of heavenly forces,
    hasn’t abandoned Israel and Judah,
        even though they live in a land filled with guilt
            before the holy one of Israel.

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Against her (A)let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
(B)Utterly destroy all her army.
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
(C)And those thrust through in her streets.
For Israel is (D)not forsaken, nor Judah,
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”

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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)
For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken(E)
    by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land[c] is full of guilt(F)
    before the Holy One of Israel.

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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
  3. Jeremiah 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians

-»Que no entese[a] el arquero[b] su arco[c](A),
Ni[d] se levante con su coraza(B);
No perdonen a sus jóvenes;
Entreguen a la destrucción todo su ejército.
-»Caerán muertos[e] en la tierra de los caldeos,
Y traspasados en sus calles(C)».
¶Porque ni Israel ni Judá han sido abandonados
Por[f] su Dios, el Señor de los ejércitos(D),
Aunque su tierra está llena de culpa(E)
Delante del Santo de Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:3 Lit. pise (para entesar).
  2. 51:3 I.e. el defensor caldeo.
  3. 51:3 En el T.M., Contra el que entesa su arco, entéselo.
  4. 51:3 En el T.M., contra el que.
  5. 51:4 O heridos.
  6. 51:5 Lit. no ha enviudado…de.