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Isaiah 3:25–26

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3:25Your54 men will fall by the sword,

your strong men will die in battle.55

3:26Her gates will mourn and lament;

deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.56

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Footnotes

  1. 54 The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.
  2. 55 Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.
  3. 56 Heb “she will be empty, on the ground she will sit.” Jerusalem is personified as a destitute woman who sits mourning the empty city.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Your men shall fall by the sword

and your mighty men in battle.

And her gates shall lament and mourn;

empty, she shall sit on the ground.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Your men will fall by the sword,

your warriors in battle.

The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;

destitute, she will sit on the ground.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Your men will fall by the sword,

your warriors in battle.

Then her gates will lament and mourn;

deserted, she will sit on the ground.

NLTNew Living Translation

The men of the city will be killed with the sword,

and her warriors will die in battle.

The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.

The city will be like a ravaged woman,

huddled on the ground.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Your men shall fall by the sword,

and your warriors in battle.

And her gates shall lament and mourn,

and she shall be banished;

she shall sit upon the ground.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thy men shall fall by the sword,

And thy mighty in the war.

And her gates shall lament and mourn;

And she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.