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.
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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares 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 brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Jer 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
- 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.
- Isa 13:15–18Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
- Jer 51:56–57For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for Yahweh is a God of recompenses. He will surely repay.
- Jer 50:36A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
- 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 48:15Moab is laid waste, and they have gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
- Rev 6:15The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
- Rev 19:18that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great.”
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