For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- KJV Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
- NKJV Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.
- NASB “Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will perish on that day,” declares the Lord of armies.
- NLT Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Damascus's young men and soldiers will fall and be silenced in the day of battle. Its defenders are wiped out by the LORD of Armies.
Overview
The 'LORD of Armies' (Yahweh of hosts) commands all heavenly and earthly forces, and He decrees the slaughter of Damascus's fighting men. The title underscores that the outcome of battle rests in God's hands. The fall of its warriors shows the futility of resisting the sovereign commander of every army.
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Cross-references · 7
- Jer 50:30Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 4:10“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezek 27:27Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.
- Jer 51:3–4Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
- Jer 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
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