You summoned my attackers on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.
Parallel translations
- WEB “You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have dandled and brought up.
- KJV Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
- NKJV “You have invited as to a feast day The terrors that surround me. In the day of the Lord’s anger There was no refugee or survivor. Those whom I have borne and brought up My enemies have destroyed.”
- NASB “You called as on the day of an appointed feast My terrors on every side; And there was no one who survived or escaped On the day of the Lord’s anger. As for those whom I brought forth healthy and whom I raised, My enemy annihilated them.”
- NLT “You have invited terrors from all around, as though you were calling them to a day of feasting. In the day of the Lord’s anger, no one has escaped or survived. The enemy has killed all the children whom I carried and raised.”
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Quick answer
God summoned terrors on every side like a feast day, and none escaped his anger. It closes the chapter with the completeness of the judgment.
Overview
With bitter irony the 'day of solemn assembly,' once a joyful feast, becomes a day when God 'called' terrors on every side, and no one survived. The children the city lovingly raised were consumed by the enemy. This total, deserved judgment magnifies the mercy of the next chapter, where hope dawns even in the depths of loss.
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- Ps 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Jer 6:25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
- Jer 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
- Isa 24:17–18Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Jer 16:2–4“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”
- Jer 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
- Deut 28:18The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
- Luke 23:29–30Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
- Hos 9:12–16Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
- Amos 9:1–4I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
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