Blessed is he who shall take And dash your little ones against the rock.
Jeremiah 51:3 - The Scriptures 2009 “Let the archer draw his bow, and let him stand ready in his armour. Do not spare her young men, put all her army under the ban. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Against 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. And spare not her young men; devote [to God] and utterly destroy her entire host. American Standard Version (1901) Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. Common English Bible Let the archers draw their bows; let them prepare their armor. Show no mercy to her young men; wipe out her entire company! Catholic Public Domain Version Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let not him that bendeth bend his bow, and let not him go up that is armed with a coat of mail: spare not her young men, destroy all her army. |
Blessed is he who shall take And dash your little ones against the rock.
“Harness the horses, and mount up, you horsemen! Stand with helmets, polish the spears, put on the armour!
“Set yourselves in array against Baḇel all around, all you who bend the bow. Shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against יהוה.
“Go up against the land of Merathayim, against it, and against the inhabitants of Peqoḏ. Slay and put them under the ban,” declares יהוה, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.
Slay all her bulls, let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment.
“Though Baḇel should mount up to the heavens, and though she should make the height of her strength inaccessible, ravagers shall come to her from Me,” declares יהוה.
For death has come through our windows, has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets, and the young men from the squares.
“The sword bereaves from the outside, And fear from within, Both young man and maiden, Nursing child with the man of grey hairs.
For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.