23 They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice (A)roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
(B)Anguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in [a]labor.
25 Do not go out into the field,
Nor walk by the way.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
Fear is on every side.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:24 childbirth

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