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Jeremiah 49:25

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49:25How deserted will that once-famous city55 be,

that city that was once filled with56 joy!57

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Footnotes

  1. 55 Heb “city of praise.”
  2. 56 Heb “city of joy.”
  3. 57 Or “Why has that famous city not been abandoned, that city I once took delight in?” The translation follows the majority of modern commentaries in understanding לֹא (lo’, “not”) before “abandoned” as a misunderstanding of the emphatic ל (lamed; so J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah [], , n. 3, and J. Bright, Jeremiah [], 333, n. c; see also §11.2.10i and II לְ for the phenomenon). The particle is missing from the . The translation also follows the versions in omitting the suffix on the word “joy” that is found in the Hebrew text (see note b for a listing of the versions). This gives a better connection with the preceding and the following verse than the alternate translation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How is the famous city not forsaken,

the city of my joy?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,

the town in which I delight?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How can the city of praise not be abandoned,

the town that brings me joy?

NLTNew Living Translation

That famous city, a city of joy,

will be forsaken!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How the city of praise has not been abandoned!

The city of my joy!

KJV 1900King James Version

How is the city of praise not left,

The city of my joy!