16 Whose quiver is as an [a]open sepulcher: they are all very strong.

17 And they shall eat thine harvest and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy sheep and thy bullocks: they shall eat thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall destroy with the sword thy fenced cities, wherein thou didst trust.

18 Nevertheless, at those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end of [b]you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:16 Who shall kill many with their arrows.
  2. Jeremiah 5:18 Here the Lord declareth his unspeakable favor toward his Church, as Jer. 4:27.

16 Their quivers(A) are like an open grave;
    all of them are mighty warriors.
17 They will devour(B) your harvests and food,
    devour(C) your sons and daughters;
they will devour(D) your flocks and herds,
    devour your vines and fig trees.(E)
With the sword(F) they will destroy
    the fortified cities(G) in which you trust.(H)

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(I) you completely.

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