Jeremiah 49:26
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall perish on that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
25“How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town of my joy!”
27And I will kindle a fire on the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:21(9:20) For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the open places.
Jeremiah 50:30therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall perish on that day, saith the Lord.
Lamentations 2:21There lie down on the ground in the streets the lad and the ancient: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain on the day of thy anger; thou hast slaughtered, thou hast not pitied.
Amos 4:10I had sent out against you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword, together with your captive horses; and I had caused the stench of your camps to ascend even into your nostrils; and yet ye have not returned unto 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 →