63 Heb “Come against her from the end.” There is a great deal of debate about the meaning of “from the end” (מִקֵּץ, miqqets). Some follow the suggestion of F. Giesebrecht in 892 קָצֶה 3 and emend the text to מִקָּצֶה (miqqatseh) on the basis of the presumed parallel in Jer 51:31 which is interpreted as “on all sides,” i.e., “from every quarter/side.” However, the phrase does not mean that in Jer 51:31 but is used as it is elsewhere of “from one end to another,” i.e., in its entirety (so Gen 19:4). The only real parallel here is the use of the noun קֵץ (qets) with a suffix in Isa 37:24 referring to the remotest part, hence something like from the end (of the earth), i.e., from a far away place. The referent “her” has been clarified here to refer to Babylonia in case someone might not see the connection between v. 25d and v. 26.
64 Heb “Pile her up like heaps.” Many commentators understand the comparison to be to heaps of grain (compare usage of עֲרֵמָה (’aremah) in Hag 2:16; Neh 13:15; Ruth 3:7). However, 790 עֲרֵמָה is more likely correct that this refers to heaps of ruins (compare the usage in Neh 4:2 [3:34 ]).
65 Compare Jer 50:21 and see the study note on .
66 Heb “Do not let there be to her a remnant.” According to 984 שְׁאֵרִית this refers to the last remnant of people, i.e., there won’t be any survivors. Compare the usage in Jer 11:23.
67 Heb “Kill all her young bulls.” Commentators are almost universally agreed that the reference to “young bulls” is figurative here for the princes and warriors (cf. 831 פַּר 2.f, which compares Isa 34:7 and Ezek 39:18). This is virtually certain because of the reference to the time coming for them to be punished; this would scarcely fit literal bulls. For the verb rendered “kill” here see the translator’s note on v. .
68 Heb “Let them go down to the slaughter.”
69 Or “How terrible it will be for them”; Heb “Woe to them.” See the study note on and compare the usage in 23:1; 48:1.
70 The words “of reckoning” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Come against her from every quarter;

open her granaries;

pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;

let nothing be left of her.

Kill all her bulls;

let them go down to the slaughter.

Woe to them, for their day has come,

the time of their punishment.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Come against her from afar.

Break open her granaries;

pile her up like heaps of grain.

Completely destroy her

and leave her no remnant.

Kill all her young bulls;

let them go down to the slaughter!

Woe to them! For their day has come,

the time for them to be punished.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Come against her from the most distant places.

Open her granaries;

pile her up like mounds of grain

and completely destroy her.

Leave her no survivors.

Put all her young bulls to the sword;

let them go down to the slaughter.

Woe to them because their day has come,

the time of their punishment.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, come against her from distant lands.

Break open her granaries.

Crush her walls and houses into heaps of rubble.

Destroy her completely, and leave nothing!

Destroy even her young bulls—

it will be terrible for them, too!

Slaughter them all!

For Babylon’s day of reckoning has come.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Come against her from the end,

open her granaries.

Pile her up like heaps and destroy her.

Let there be no remnant for her.

Massacre all her bulls,

let them go down to the slaughtering.

Woe to them, for their day has come,

the time of their punishment.

KJV 1900King James Version

Come against her from the utmost border,

Open her storehouses:

Cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly:

Let nothing of her be left.

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter:

Woe unto them! for their day is come,

The time of their visitation.

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