You will have to bow down like a prisoner. You will fall down like a dead person. But that will not help you! God will still be angry. God will still be ready to punish you.
Jeremiah 37:10 - Easy To Read Version People of Jerusalem, even if you could defeat all of the Babylonian army that is attacking you, there would still be a few wounded men left in their tents. Even those few wounded men would come out of their tents and burn Jerusalem down.’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For though you should defeat the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only the wounded and men stricken through among them, every man confined to his tent, yet they would rise up and burn this city with fire. American Standard Version (1901) For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. Common English Bible Even if you were to crush the entire Babylonian army that’s attacking you and only the wounded in their tents remained, they would rise up and burn this city down. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, when the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army, |
You will have to bow down like a prisoner. You will fall down like a dead person. But that will not help you! God will still be angry. God will still be ready to punish you.
\{But the enemy will chase the people of Babylon. And when the enemy\} catches a person, the enemy will kill that person with a sword.
But you, evil king, have been thrown\par from your grave.\par You are like a branch cut from a tree.\par That branch is cut and thrown away.\par You are like a dead man that fell in battle,\par and other soldiers walked on him.\par Now, you look like any other dead person.\par You are wrapped in burial clothes.\par
One enemy will make threats and a thousand of your men will run away. Five enemies will make threats and all of you will run from them. The only thing that will be left of your army will be a flagpole on a hill.
I have decided to make trouble for the city of Jerusalem. I will not help the city.’” This message is from the Lord. “‘I will give the city of Jerusalem to the king of Babylon. He will burn it with fire.’
The Babylonian army is already attacking the city of Jerusalem. They will soon enter the city and start a fire. They will burn this city down. There are houses in this city where the people of Jerusalem made me angry by offering sacrifices to the false god Baal {\cf2\super [270]} on the housetops. And the people poured out drink offerings to other idol gods. The Babylonian army will burn down those houses.
When the Babylonian army left Jerusalem to fight the army of the Pharaoh of Egypt,
After that, the army from Babylon will come back here. They will attack Jerusalem. Then that army from Babylon will capture and burn Jerusalem.’
So listen to what the Lord has planned\par to do to the people of Edom.\par Listen to what the Lord has decided\par to do to the people in Teman. {\cf2\super [402]} \par The enemy will drag away the young kids\par of Edom’s flock (people).\par Edom’s pastures will be empty because of\par what they did.\par
Listen to what the Lord has planned\par to do to Babylon.\par Listen to what the Lord has decided\par to do to the Babylonian people.\par “I swear (promise), an enemy will drag away\par the young kids of Babylon’s flock (people)\par and Babylon will become\par an empty pasture.\par
Babylon’s soldiers will be killed\par in the land of the Chaldeans.\par They will be badly wounded\par in the streets of Babylon.”\par
“The Lord rejected all my strong soldiers.\par Those soldiers were inside the city.\par Then the Lord brought a group of people against me.\par He brought those people to kill my young soldiers.\par The Lord has stepped on the grapes in the winepress.\par
The Lord calls loudly to his army.\par His camp is very large.\par That army obeys his commands.\par That army is very powerful.\par The Lord’s special day\par is a great and terrible day.\par No person can stop it.\par