Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
- KJV Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
- NKJV Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.
- NASB Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle.
- NLT The men of the city will be killed with the sword, and her warriors will die in battle.
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Quick answer
Isaiah turns from the women to the city's defenders, declaring that its men and warriors will fall in battle. The loss of protectors leaves Jerusalem exposed and grieving.
Overview
The downfall of the proud women is matched by the death of the soldiers who might have defended them. This military catastrophe is part of the larger judgment Isaiah foresees coming upon Judah through invasion. It underscores that no human strength can stand when God withdraws His protection from an unfaithful people.
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- Jer 11:22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
- Amos 9:10All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
- Jer 19:7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- 2 Chr 29:9For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
- Jer 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
- Lam 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
- Jer 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Isa 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Jer 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
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