Don’t let the archer string his bow;
don’t let him put on[a] his armor.(A)
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!
Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
those who were pierced through, in her streets.(B)
For Israel and Judah are not left widowed
by their God, the Lord of Armies,
though their land is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 51:3 Hb obscure

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