therefore you shall devour men no more, neither bereave your nation any more, says the Lord Yahweh;
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
- BSB therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.
- NKJV therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore,” says the Lord God.
- NASB for that reason you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ declares the Lord God.
- NLT But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign Lord.
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Cross-references · 3
- Amos 9:15I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
- Isa 60:21Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Ezek 37:25–28They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
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