Jeremiah 51:14 New English Translation
14 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies[a] has solemnly sworn,[b]
‘I will fill your land with enemy soldiers.
They will swarm over it like locusts.[c]
They will raise up shouts of victory over it.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:14 tn Heb “Yahweh of Armies.” For an explanation of this rendering see the study note on 2:19.
- Jeremiah 51:14 tn Heb “has sworn by himself.” See the study note on 22:5 for background.
- Jeremiah 51:14 tn Heb “I will fill you with men like locusts.” The “you” refers to Babylon (Babylon is both the city and the land it ruled, Babylonia), which has been alluded to in the preceding verses under descriptive titles. The words “your land” have been used because of the way the preceding verse has been rendered, indicating people rather than the land or city. The “men” are, of course, enemy soldiers, compared to locusts both for their quantity and their destructiveness (see Joel 1:4). For the use of the particles כִּי אִם (ki ʾim) to introduce an oath, see BDB 475 s.v. כִּי אִם 2.c, and compare usage in 2 Kgs 5:20; one would normally expect אִם לֹא (cf. BDB 50 s.v. אִם 1.b[2]).
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