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21 Also her (A)mercenaries in her midst
Are like [a]fattened (B)calves,
For even they have turned back and have fled away together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their disaster has come upon them,
The time of their (C)punishment.
22 Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on [b]like a military force
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
23 They have cut down her (D)forest,” declares Yahweh;
“Surely it will no longer be searched out,
Even though [c]they are now more numerous than (E)locusts
And are without number.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:21 Lit of the stall
  2. Jeremiah 46:22 Or in force
  3. Jeremiah 46:23 Trees of the forest, the Egyptians