Jeremiah 49:26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets: and all the men of war shall be silent in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25How have they forsaken the city of renown, the city of joy !
27And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, rind it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:21For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets.
Jeremiah 50:30Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets: and all her men of war shall hold their peace in that day, saith the Lord.
Lamentations 2:21Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity.
Amos 4:10I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:24-28
The Judgment of Damascus. ( b. c. 595.) 23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint hearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,… Read the whole commentary →