The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Parallel translations
- WEB Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
- BSB Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
- NKJV The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.
- NASB Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.
- NLT Their young men were killed by fire; their young women died before singing their wedding songs.
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Fire consumed the young men and there were no weddings. War brought death and broken hope.
Overview
The young men were devoured by 'fire' (war), and the maidens 'had no wedding song,' a picture of national devastation and lost future. The judgment touched every hope of continuity and joy. It portrays the bitter fruit of sin, deepening the longing for the restoration God alone can give.
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- Jer 7:34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
- Jer 16:9For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
- Num 11:1And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
- Deut 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Jer 25:10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
- Isa 4:1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
- Ps 78:21Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
- Deut 29:20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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