Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 28:3
A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 3, 4.) What Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, brought from this place, he also brought to Babylon. And I will bring back Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon, to this place, declares the Lord. For I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. Regard…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Let the archer bend his bow, and him that has armor put it on: and spare ye not her young men, but destroy ye all her host.
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In context
1Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind.
2And I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about her in the day of her affliction.
— Jeremiah 28:3 —
4And slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and men pierced through shall fall without it.
5For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken of their God, of the Lord Almighty; whereas their land was filled with iniquity against the holy things of Israel.