Jeremiah 51:14
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51:14The Lord who rules over all40 has solemnly sworn,41
‘I will fill your land with enemy soldiers.
They will swarm over it like locusts.42
They will raise up shouts of victory over it.’
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- 40 Heb “Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of this rendering see the study note on .
- 41 Heb “has sworn by himself.” See the study note on for background.
- 42 Heb “I will fill you with men like locusts.” The “you” refers to Babylon (Babylon is both the city and the land it ruled, Babylonia) which has been alluded to in the preceding verses under descriptive titles. The words “your land” have been used because of the way the preceding verse has been rendered, alluding to people rather than to the land or city. The allusion of “men” is, of course, to enemy soldiers and they are here compared to locusts both for their quantity and their destructiveness (see Joel 1:4). For the use of the particles כִּי אִם (ki ’im) to introduce an oath see 475 כִּי אִם 2.c and compare usage in 2 Kgs 5:20; one would normally expect אִם לֹא (cf. 50 אִם 1.b[2]).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself:
Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts,
and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:
I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,
and they will shout in triumph over you.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The Lord of Armies has sworn by himself:
I will fill you up with men as with locusts,
and they will sing the victory song over you.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has taken this vow
and has sworn to it by his own name:
“Your cities will be filled with enemies,
like fields swarming with locusts,
and they will shout in triumph over you.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Yahweh of hosts has sworn by himself,
“Surely I will fill you with troops like the creeping locusts,
and they will sing over you a war cry.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying,
Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers;
And they shall lift up a shout against thee.
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