Jeremiah 50:14

New English Translation

¹⁴“Take up your battle positions all around Babylon,

all you soldiers who are armed with bows.^[a]
Shoot^[b] all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back!^[c]
For she has sinned against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:14 tn Heb “all you who draw the bow.”
Jeremiah 50:14 tc The verb here should probably be read as a Qal imperative יְרוּ (y^eru) from יָרָה (yarah), with a few Hebrew mss, rather than a Qal imperative יְדוּ (y^edu) from יָדָה (yadah), with the majority of Hebrew mss. The verb יָדָה (yadah) does not otherwise occur in the Qal and only elsewhere in the Piel with a meaning “cast” (cf. KBL 363 s.v. I יָדָה). The verb יָרָה (yarah) is common in both the Qal and the Hiphil with the meaning of shooting arrows (cf. BDB 435 s.v. יָרָה Qal.3 and Hiph.2). The confusion between ד (dalet) and ר (resh) is very common.
Jeremiah 50:14 tn Heb “Shoot at her! Don’t save any arrows!”

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