Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh.
- BSB Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
- NKJV Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord.
- NASB “Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will perish on that day,” declares the Lord.
- NLT Her young men will fall in the streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed,” says the Lord.
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Quick answer
Babylon's young men will fall in her streets and her soldiers be silenced in that day. Her military strength is utterly cut down.
Overview
Echoing the judgment earlier pronounced on Damascus (49:26), this verse declares the destruction of Babylon's fighting men. The repetition underscores God's even-handed justice among the nations. The silencing of her warriors demonstrates that no army can shield a people whom God has decreed to judge.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 49:26Therefore 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.
- Jer 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
- 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.
- Isa 13:15–18Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
- Jer 51:56–57Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
- Jer 50:36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
- 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 48:15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
- Rev 6:15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
- Rev 19:18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
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