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.
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.
- BSB For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares 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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- Jer 50:30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
- Amos 4:10I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
- Jer 11:22Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
- Lam 2:21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
- Ezek 27:27Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
- Jer 51:3–4Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
- Jer 9:21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
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