For thus says the Lord Yahweh: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come on you.
Parallel translations
- KJV For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
- BSB For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
- NKJV ‘For thus says the Lord God: “The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
- NASB For the Lord God says this: “The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.
- NLT For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.
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- Jer 46:24–26The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
- Ezek 30:22–25Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
- Jer 46:13The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
- Ezek 26:7For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and many people.
- Jer 43:10and tell them, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
- Ezek 30:4A sword shall come on Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
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