23 They grasp bow and javelin.
They are cruel and show no mercy.(A)
Their voice roars like the sea,(B)
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Zion.

24 We have heard about it,
and we are discouraged.[a]
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in(C) labor.(D)
25 Don’t go out to the fields;
don’t walk on the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:24 Lit and our hands fail

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