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Judges 5:23
New English Translation
Judges 5:23
New English Translation
23 ‘Call judgment down on[a] Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord;
‘Be sure[b] to call judgment down on[c] those who live there,
because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle,[d]
to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’[e]
Footnotes
- Judges 5:23 tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”
- Judges 5:23 tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.
- Judges 5:23 tn Heb “[to] curse.”
- Judges 5:23 tn Heb “to the help of the Lord” (the same Hebrew phrase occurs in the following line). Another option is to read “to aid the Lord’s cause.”
- Judges 5:23 tn Or “along with the other warriors.”
New English Translation (NET)
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