They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
- BSB And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
- NKJV Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, And those thrust through in her streets.
- NASB “They will fall down dead in the land of the Chaldeans, And pierced through in their streets.”
- NLT They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians, slashed to death in her streets.
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Quick answer
Babylon's soldiers will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, run through in her own streets. The destruction will be complete and inescapable.
Overview
The fallen lie in their own land and streets, showing the judgment reaches Babylon's very heart, not merely her frontiers. This fulfills the recompense Babylon earned for the slaughter she inflicted on others. Such thoroughgoing justice reflects God's holiness and foreshadows the certainty of final judgment from which only Christ can deliver.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 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 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.
- Isa 13:15Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
- Jer 50:37A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
- Isa 14:19But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.
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