“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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh.
- Amos 4:10“I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.
- Jer 11:22therefore Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
- Lam 2:21“The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied.
- Ezek 27:27Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is among you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
- Jer 51:3–4Against him who bends, let the archer bend his bow, also against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. Don’t spare her young men! Utterly destroy all her army!
- Jer 9:21For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
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