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26 Therefore[a] her young men will fall in her public squares,
    and all the soldiers[b] will perish in that day,” declares[c] Yahweh of hosts.
27 “And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus,
    and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Ben-hadad.”

A Message Concerning Kedar and the Kingdoms of Hazor

28 Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon defeated. Thus says Yahweh:

“Rise up, go up against Kedar
    and destroy the people[d] of the east.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:26 Literally “To thus”
  2. Jeremiah 49:26 Literally “the men of the battle”
  3. Jeremiah 49:26 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 49:28 Or “sons”

26 Surely, her young men(A) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced(B) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
27 “I will set fire(C) to the walls of Damascus;(D)
    it will consume(E) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.(F)

A Message About Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning Kedar(G) and the kingdoms of Hazor,(H) which Nebuchadnezzar(I) king of Babylon attacked:

This is what the Lord says:

“Arise, and attack Kedar
    and destroy the people of the East.(J)

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