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Jeremiah 51:30

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Babylon’s soldiers have quit fighting.

They hide out in ruins and caves—

Cowards who’ve given up without a fight,

exposed as cowering milksops.

Babylon’s houses are going up in flames,

the city gates torn off their hinges.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;

they remain in their strongholds;

their strength has failed;

they have become women;

her dwellings are on fire;

her bars are broken.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;

they remain in their strongholds.

Their strength is exhausted;

they have become weaklings.

Her dwellings are set on fire;

the bars of her gates are broken.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;

they sit in their strongholds.

Their might is exhausted;

they have become like women.

Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,

her gate bars are shattered.

NLTNew Living Translation

Her mightiest warriors no longer fight.

They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.

They have become like women.

The invaders have burned the houses

and broken down the city gates.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight,

they remain in the strongholds,

their power has dried up,

they have become as women.

Her dwelling places are set on fire,

her bars are broken.

KJV 1900King James Version

The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight,

They have remained in their holds:

Their might hath failed; they became as women:

They have burned her dwellingplaces;

Her bars are broken.