Jeremiah 6:21
New English Translation
21 So, this is what the Lord says:
“I will assuredly[a] make these people stumble to their doom.[b]
Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction.[c]
Friends and neighbors will die.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:21 tn This is an attempt to render the Hebrew particle rendered “behold,” which has a first person pronominal suffix.
- Jeremiah 6:21 tn Heb “I will put stumbling blocks in front of these people.” In this context the stumbling blocks are the invading armies.
- Jeremiah 6:21 tn The words “and fall to their destruction” are implicit in the metaphor and are supplied in the translation for clarity.
Jeremiah 6:21
New International Version
21 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“I will put obstacles before this people.
Parents and children alike will stumble(A) over them;
neighbors and friends will perish.”
Jeremiah 6:21
King James Version
21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
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