Verse 21
Jeremiah 18:21
English Revised Version
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/כֵן֩ תֵּ֨ן אֶת בְּנֵי/הֶ֜ם לָ/רָעָ֗ב וְ/הַגִּרֵ/ם֮ עַל יְדֵי חֶרֶב֒ וְ/תִֽהְיֶ֨נָה נְשֵׁי/הֶ֤ם שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙ וְ/אַלְמָנ֔וֹת וְ/אַ֨נְשֵׁי/הֶ֔ם יִֽהְי֖וּ הֲרֻ֣גֵי מָ֑וֶת בַּח֣וּרֵי/הֶ֔ם מֻכֵּי חֶ֖רֶב בַּ/מִּלְחָמָֽה
English Translation
Therefore, give their sons to famine and let them be killed by the sword, and their wives shall be widows, and their men shall be slain, and their young men shall be wounded by the sword in battle.
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