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14 (A)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all round,
    (B)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
    (C)for she has sinned against the Lord.

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14 “Take up your positions around Babylon,
    all you who draw the bow.(A)
Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,(B)
    for she has sinned against the Lord.

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29 (A)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. (B)Encamp round her; let no one escape. (C)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has (D)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

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29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.(A)
Encamp all around her;
    let no one escape.(B)
Repay(C) her for her deeds;(D)
    do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(E) the Lord,
    the Holy One(F) of Israel.

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(A)Let not the archer bend his bow,
    and let him not stand up in his armour.
Spare not her young men;
    (B)devote to destruction[a] all her army.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:3 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

Let not the archer string his bow,(A)
    nor let him put on his armor.(B)
Do not spare her young men;
    completely destroy[a] her army.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.