Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish the lances; put on armour!
Jeremiah 51:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t let the archer string his bow; don’t let him put on his armour. Don’t spare her young men; completely destroy her entire army! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish the lances; put on armour!
Line up in battle formation round Babylon, all you archers! Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow, for she has sinned against the Lord.
Attack the land of Merathaim, and those living in Pekod. Put them to the sword; completely destroy them – this is the Lord’s declaration – do everything I have commanded you.
Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them because their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the young woman will be killed, the infant and the grey-haired man.
For judgement is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.