25 “How [a]the (A)city of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy!
26 “Therefore, her (B)young men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will be [b]silenced in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts.
27 “I will (C)set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the [c]fortified towers of (D)Ben-hadad.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:25 Or deserted is the city of praise
  2. Jeremiah 49:26 Or destroyed
  3. Jeremiah 49:27 Or palaces

25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
    the town in which I delight?
26 Surely, her young men(A) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced(B) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
27 “I will set fire(C) to the walls of Damascus;(D)
    it will consume(E) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.(F)

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